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bori

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bori"

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (borı, “horn; natural trumpet”)[1]

Noun

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bori f (plural bori)

  1. bugle
  2. trumpet

Declension

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Declension of bori
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bori boria bori boritë
accusative borinë
dative borie borisë borive borive
ablative borish

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “bori”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 87

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.
Proto-Germanic *burōną
Proto-West Germanic *borōn
Old English borian
Middle English boren
English borebor.
German bohrenbor.
Esperanto bori

    Borrowed from English bore and German bohren.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈbori/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ori
    • Syllabification: bo‧ri

    Verb

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    bori (present boras, past boris, future boros, conditional borus, volitive boru)

    1. to bore (make a hole in)
    2. to drill

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of bori
    present past future
    singular plural singular plural singular plural
    tense boras boris boros
    active participle boranta borantaj borinta borintaj boronta borontaj
    acc. borantan borantajn borintan borintajn borontan borontajn
    passive participle borata borataj borita boritaj borota borotaj
    acc. boratan boratajn boritan boritajn borotan borotajn
    nominal active participle boranto borantoj borinto borintoj boronto borontoj
    acc. boranton borantojn borinton borintojn boronton borontojn
    nominal passive participle borato boratoj borito boritoj boroto borotoj
    acc. boraton boratojn boriton boritojn boroton borotojn
    adverbial active participle borante borinte boronte
    adverbial passive participle borate borite borote
    infinitive bori imperative boru conditional borus

    Derived terms

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    • trabori (“to pierce, puncture”)

    Further reading

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    Hausa

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    Practitioners of bori in the roles of various spirits (photographed in 1914).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /bòː.ɽíː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bòː.ɽíː]

    Noun

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    bṑrī m (possessed form bṑrin)

    1. animistic spirit possession religion

    Icelandic

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    Verb

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    bori

    1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
    2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of bora
    3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of bora

    Italian

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    Verb

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    bori

    1. inflection of boriarsi:
      1. second-person singular present indicative
      2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
      3. third-person singular imperative

    Anagrams

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology 1

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    Participle

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    bori

    1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of boren
    2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of boren

    Verb

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    bori

    1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of bera

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    bori n

    1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of bor

    Romani

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    Etymology

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    Three etymologies have been proposed:

    1. Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vahuliā),[1] from Sanskrit वधूटी (vadhūṭī).[1][2]
    2. Inherited from Sanskrit व्यवहारिका (vyavahārikā, “female servant”).[2][3]
    3. Borrowed from Iranian.[4]

    Noun

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    bori f (nominative plural borǎ)

    1. bride,[1][5] newly-wed woman[5]
    2. daughter-in-law[1][5][6]
    3. sister-in-law[1]

    See also

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    References

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “borí”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 34b
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhūṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656
    3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vyavahārikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 705
    4. ^ Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 26
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e bor/i, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 90b-91a
    6. ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “bori”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22

    Further reading

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    • Milena Hübschmannová (September 2002), “Bori (Daughter in law)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎[2], Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021
    • Carol Silverman (May 2012), “Transnational Celebrations”, in Romani Routes: Cultural Politics & Balkan Music in Diaspora‎[3], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85
    • “Bori”, in RomArchive‎[4], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20 October 2021

    Romanian

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    Verb

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    a bori (third-person singular present borește, past participle borit, third-person subjunctive borască) 4th conjugation

    1. obsolete form of borî

    Conjugation

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        conjugation of bori (fourth conjugation, no infix)
    infinitive a bori
    gerund borind
    past participle borit
    number singular plural
    person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
    present bor bori bore borim boriți bor
    imperfect boream boreai borea boream boreați boreau
    simple perfect borii boriși bori borirăm borirăți boriră
    pluperfect borisem boriseși borise boriserăm boriserăți boriseră
    subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
    present să bor să bori să boră să borim să boriți să boră
    imperative — tu — — voi —
    affirmative bore boriți
    negative nu bori nu boriți

    References

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    • bori in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

    Sranan Tongo

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    Etymology

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    From English boil.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    bori

    1. to cook
      • 2002, “A dei di mi bron misrefi”, in SIL - Languages of Suriname‎[5]:
        A ben de so taki wan dei mi mama ben bori okro.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. to boil

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • → Dutch: borie

    Ternate

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    bori

    Etymology

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    Cognate with Galela bori, Tobelo bori, Pagu bori, all possibly loans from Ternate.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bori

    1. the plant Anamirta cocculus; its seeds are crushed to make a fish poison

    References

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

    West Makian

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    Etymology

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    Compare Taba bolit (“to sharpen”).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    bori

    1. (transitive) to sharpen

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of bori (action verb)
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person tobori mobori abori
    2nd person nobori fobori
    3rd person inanimate ibori dobori
    animate
    imperative nobori, bori fobori, bori

    References

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    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[6], Pacific linguistics
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