bira

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɹa/

Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

bira

1. moon

bira

1. plucked

• 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

• IPA^(key): /biɾa/, [bi.ɾa]

bira inan

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

bira

1. allative singular of bi

• "bira" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “bira” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Borrowed from Spanish virar.

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

birá

1. to pull

   Synonym: bitad

2. to beat up

   Synonym: pawo

3. (slang) to have sex

   Synonym: iyot

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓi.ɽá/

birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)

1. sheep

   Synonym: nkhosa

• biira (Sette Comuni)

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

bira f

1. (Luserna) beer

• 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

bira (first-person possessive biraku, second-person possessive biramu, third-person possessive biranya)

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

bira (plural biras)

1. beer

bira

1. (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

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

From Portuguese virar.

bira

1. to turn

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

• Rhymes: -ɑː

bira

1. as a brother

bira ? (plural birayên)

1. brother

• birader

• pira

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of Latin pirum n (“pear”).

bira f

1. pear

• Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
  • Alemannic German: Biire
  • German: Birne
    • → Estonian: pirn
  • Luxembourgish: Bir
  • Vilamovian: biyn
  • Yiddish: באַר‎ (bar)

From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

bira

1. to turn
2. to bend

Perhaps borrowed from Venetian bira.

bira f (plural biras)

1. (South Brazil) beer

   Bora tomar uma bira lá!

   Let's take a beer (drink) there!

• "Bira" on Dicionário Informal

bira

1. fart sound

Borrowed from Venetian bira or Italian birra.

• IPA^(key): /bîra/

bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)

1. (Chakavian) beer

From German Bier.

bira c

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

   knäcka en bira

   crack a beer

• bir
• bärs
• pilsner

• tåbira

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɾa/

bira

1. rice

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾa]

bira (Jawi بيراة‎)

1. rice (cooked or uncooked)

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

From Italian birra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.ɾɑ]

bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)

1. beer

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

• birahane

bira f (plural bire)

1. beer