kora

Borrowed from Bambara kɔ́ra.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
• Homophone: Cora

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp or lute played in West Africa.
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

   • 2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 172:

     Since its invention, probably in sixteenth-century Senegal, the kora has been used by professional bards called jalis, or griots. The plucked instrument's harplike sound accompanies the jali's song—praise for patrons, histories and genealogies, satire, political commentary, and poetic recitation.

• koraist

• kora (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• akro-, okra

From koro (“heart”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkora/

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• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: ko‧ra

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. cardiac (relating to the heart)
2. heartfelt, cordial

• “kora”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kora”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

   kora nyár ― early summer

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

   kora halál ― an early death

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

kor (“age”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

kora

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of kor

   az ő kora ― his/her age

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

• kora in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

kora

1. Rōmaji transcription of コラ
2. Rōmaji transcription of こら

kora m

1. genitive singular of koris

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

• (noun): IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.rɑ/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²kuː.rɑ/

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kora/kor)

1. alternative form of kore

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: ko‧ra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora. Doublet of skóra, szer, and szkier.

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

• “kora”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kora”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

kora f

1. (botany) bark, crust (Dolenjski Romani dialect)

• Cech, Petra & Heinschink, Mozes F. (2002). Vokabular der Dolenjski Roma aus Novo Mesto und Bela Krajina, Slowenien. Grazer Linguistische Studien.

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

• -koresha
• umukozi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora.

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

• “kora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Old Swedish kora, from Middle Low German koren. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål kåre. From Proto-Germanic *kuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare origin of kurfurste, tjusa, villkor.

• IPA^(key): /koːra/, /kuːra/

kora (present korar, preterite korade, supine korat, imperative kora)

1. choose, appoint

• “kora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kora”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kora in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Borrowed from Polish kara.

kora f

1. punishment

   Synonym: śtröf

From Proto-Finnic *kora

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkorɑ/, [ˈkorɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kora

1. woodpecker

Declension of kora (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kora	korad
genitive	kora	korijõ
partitive	korra	koriit
illative	korasõ, korra	koriisõ
inessive	koraz	koriiz
elative	korass	koriiss
allative	korallõ	koriillõ
adessive	korall	koriill
ablative	koralt	koriilt
translative	korassi	koriissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kora”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[4], 2nd edition, Tallinn