nira

See also: NIRA and nīra

Catío Chibcha

Noun

nira

1. water

References

• Paul Rivet, Nouvelle contribution à l’étude de l’ethnologie précolombienne de Colombie, Journal de la Société des Américanistes, volume 35 (1943), page 26

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nira, from Pali nira (“water”), from Sanskrit नीर (nīra, “water, juice, liquor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ra/
• Hyphenation: ni‧ra

Noun

nira

1. neera, a type of sap, liquor.

Further reading

• “nira” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

nira

1. Rōmaji transcription of にら
2. Rōmaji transcription of ニラ

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِيرْ (nīr).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

nira (n class, plural nira)

1. yoke

Tahitian

Verb

nira

1. sew

Tanema

Noun

nira

1. water

References

• Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: Three lexicons and one grammar, in Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross (Bethwyn Evans, editor), Pacific Linguistics 605 (2009, Canberra: Australian National University)