bira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bira"

Languages (28)

Albanian • Barngarla • Basque • Cebuano • Chichewa • Cimbrian • Indonesian • Interlingua • Jamamadí • Japanese • Kabuverdianu • Kapampangan • Ladino • Manchu • Northern Kurdish • Old High German • Papiamentu • Portuguese • Rukai • Serbo-Croatian • Swedish • Tabaru • Tagalog • Ternate • Tumbuka • Turkish • Venetan • Xibe

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Albanian

Noun

bira

1. inflection of birë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɹa/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

Noun

bira

1. moon

Etymology 2

Adjective

bira

1. plucked

References

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.13,44.
  Part 1 Part 2
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɾa/ [bi.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

bira inan

1. turn
2. half turn
3. tour (a journey through a list of places)
4. (physics) revolution, rotation

Declension

Declension of bira (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	bira	bira	birak	birok
ergative	birak	birak	birek	birok
dative	birari	birari	birei	biroi
genitive	biraren	biraren	biren	biron
comitative	birarekin	birarekin	birekin	birokin
causative	birarengatik	birarengatik	birengatik	birongatik
benefactive	birarentzat	birarentzat	birentzat	birontzat
instrumental	biraz	biraz	birez	birotaz
inessive	biratan	biran	biretan	birotan
locative	biratako	birako	biretako	birotako
allative	biratara	birara	biretara	birotara
terminative	birataraino	biraraino	biretaraino	birotaraino
directive	biratarantz	birarantz	biretarantz	birotarantz
destinative	biratarako	birarako	biretarako	birotarako
ablative	biratatik	biratik	biretatik	birotatik
partitive	birarik	—	—	—
prolative	biratzat	—	—	—

Etymology 2

Verb

bira

1. third-person plural, imperative of izan (“to be”, intransitive auxiliary)

Etymology 3

Numeral

bira

1. allative singular of bi

Further reading

• “bira”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bira”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish virar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧ra
• IPA^(key): /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾ̪a]

Verb

birá

1. to pull

   Synonym: bitad

2. to beat up

   Synonyms: pawo, kulata

3. (slang) to have sex

   Synonym: iyot

4. (slang) an affirmative response to an invite

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓi.ɽá/

Noun

birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

1. sheep

   Synonym: nkhosa

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• biira (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian birra, from German Bier. Doublet of bir.

Noun

bira f

1. (Luserna) beer

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Indonesian

Noun

bira (plural bira-bira)

1. giant taro, elephant ear taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

Interlingua

Noun

bira (plural biras)

1. beer

Jamamadí

Noun

bira

1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

bira

1. Rōmaji transcription of ビラ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese virar.

Verb

bira

1. to turn

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan bigla, Tagalog bigla, Tausug bigla', and Karao bigla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾa]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ra

Noun

bira

1. suprise; quick; sudden

   Synonyms: pangakirut, saguli, bilis, bigla

2. pull or tug

   Synonyms: igutan, batak

3. (by extension) severe beating by way of chastisement

Derived terms

• biran
• kabiran
• kabiran-pasbul

Ladino

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Arabic بِيرَة (bīra) or Hebrew בִּירָה (bíra). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

bira f (Hebrew spelling בירה, plural biras)

1. beer

Further reading

• “bira”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Manchu

Romanization

bira

1. romanization of ᠪᡳᡵᠠ

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

bira

1. as a brother

Noun

bira m (plural birayên)

1. brother

Related terms

• birader

Old High German

Alternative forms

• pira

Etymology

Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.

Noun

bira f

1. pear

Descendants

• Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
  • Alemannic German: Biire
  • Bavarian: Birn
  • German: Birne
    • → Estonian: pirn
    • → Kashubian: birna
  • Hunsrik: Bern
  • Luxembourgish: Bier, Bir
  • Vilamovian: biyn
  • Yiddish: באַר (bar)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

Verb

bira

1. to turn
2. to bend

Portuguese

Etymology

Perhaps Borrowed from Venetan bira. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɾɐ/

Noun

bira f (plural biras)

1. (South Brazil) beer

   Bora tomar uma bira lá!

   Let's have a beer over there!

Further reading

• “bira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bira”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “bira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Rukai

Noun

bira

1. fart sound

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan bira or Italian birra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîra/

Noun

bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)

1. (Chakavian) beer

Swedish

Etymology

From German Bier through the Månsing slang.

Noun

bira c

1. (slang) a (glass, bottle, or can of) beer; brewsky.

   knäcka en bira

   crack a beer

Declension

Declension of bira

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bira	biras
	definite	biran	birans
plural	indefinite	biror	birors
	definite	birorna	birornas

Synonyms

• bir
• bärs
• pilsner

Derived terms

• tåbira

Tabaru

Etymology

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɾa/

Noun

bira

1. rice

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish virar (“to veer”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bi‧ra

Noun

birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

1. strong or violent pull or tug
2. severe beating by way of chastisement

Derived terms

• birahin
• bumira

Related terms

• birada

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vida (“life”), from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-. Doublet of bida.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾa/ [ˈbiː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: bi‧ra

Noun

bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)

1. a term of endearment used for young children

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ra

Noun

birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of dira

Further reading

• “bira”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

Anagrams

• rabi, abri

Ternate

Etymology

Probably from Austronesian; compare Proto-Sangiric *biʀas ("rice"). Compare to Indonesian beras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾa]

Noun

bira (Jawi بيراة)

1. rice (cooked or uncooked)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jíbɪda (“to sink”).

Verb

-bira (infinitive kubira)

1. (intransitive) to sink (in water)
   1. (by extension) to be drowned
2. to bathe

Derived terms

• -bizga (“to sink”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, page 255

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بیرا, بیره (bira), from Italian birra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾɑ]

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Noun

bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

1. beer

Usage notes

• The plural form is mainly used when referring to types of beer.

Declension

Declension of bira

	singular	plural
nominative	bira	biralar
definite accusative	birayı	biraları
dative	biraya	biralara
locative	birada	biralarda
ablative	biradan	biralardan
genitive	biranın	biraların

Derived terms

• birahane

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “bira”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Venetan

Noun

bira f (plural bire)

1. beer

Xibe

Romanization

bira

1. romanization of ᠪᡞᠷᠠ

Noun

bira

1. Latin spelling of ᠪᡞᠷᠠ

   Er sorui nimħani Ili biraning.

   The fish in this basket are from the Ili River.