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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈɾa/ [piˈɾa]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Pronoun

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pirá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍ)

  1. (interrogative) how many

Derived terms

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Guaraní

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Etymology

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Cognate with Old Tupi pirá.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [piˈɾa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Noun

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pira (plural pirakuéra)

  1. fish

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin pyra, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ira
  • Hyphenation: pì‧ra

Noun

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pira f (plural pire)

  1. pyre

Anagrams

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Javanese

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Romanization

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pira

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦶꦫ

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pira

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pirum

Descendants

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Maranao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *pijax.

Pronoun

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pira

  1. how many

Mbyá Guaraní

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Noun

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pira

  1. fish

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pijax (compare Cebuano pila).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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pira

  1. how many

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pir, from Proto-Tupian *pit.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní pire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Noun

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pira (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mbira)

  1. skin (outer protective layer of the body of a person or animal)
  2. skin (outer protective layer of fruit)
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References

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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pira f (plural piras)

  1. pyre (heap on which corpses are burned)
  2. (slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
    Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) troço, (Brazil) treco, (Brazil) negócio, (Brazil) bagulho, (Brazil) bagaça, trem, (Portugal) cena, bang
  3. (Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely
    Synonyms: viajada, piração

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pira

  1. inflection of pirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sardinian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular. Compare Italian pera, French poire, Spanish pera.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pira f (plural piras)

  1. pear (fruit)

Slovene

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pyrь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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píra f

  1. spelt (grain) (Triticum spelta)

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. píra
gen. sing. píre
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
píra píri píre
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
píre pír pír
dative
(dajȃlnik)
píri pírama píram
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
píro píri píre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
píri pírah pírah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
píro pírama pírami

Further reading

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  • pira”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɾa/ [ˈpi.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Syllabification: pi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin pyra (pyre), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, fire). Cognate with English fire.

Noun

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pira f (plural piras)

  1. pyre

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Caló [Term?].

Noun

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pira f (plural piras)

  1. escape, flight
    Synonyms: fuga, huida
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Verb

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pira

  1. inflection of pirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Warlpiri

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Noun

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pira

  1. moon