sora

Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sora (plural soras)

1. A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

• AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, Soar, aros, oars, oras, osar, rosa, soar

sora (third person singular past indicative soraði, third person plural past indicative sorað, supine sorað)

1. to smash

From Proto-Finnic *cora, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ćora (“grain”), borrowing from early Proto-Balto-Slavic *śoros.[1] Related to Erzya сюро (śuro, “grain”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsorɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Syllabification^(key): so‧ra

sora

1. gravel

• “sora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• Rosa, oras

sor +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃorɒ]
• Hyphenation: so‧ra

sora

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

Compare suora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: sò‧ra

sora f (plural sore)

1. (dialectal) sister; nun

   Synonym: sorella

From signora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ra/, /ˈso.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra, -ora
• Hyphenation: sò‧ra, só‧ra

sora f (uncountable)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Roman) female equivalent of sor; lady, miss (before personal names or professions)

   sora Lella ― Mrs. Lella

sora

1. Rōmaji transcription of そら

sora

1. Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦫ

From sopra.

sora

1. above

Clipping of Portuguese professora, feminine form of professor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾa/, /ˈsɔɾɐ/

sora (possibly slang)

1. teacher

   Sora, ele sempre chubí eu!

   Teacher, he is always pinching me!

   Sora, êle dáli eu!

   Teacher, he is hitting me!

2. professor

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “dále”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 425
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Inherited from Latin soror.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔrə/

sora f (plural sore)

1. sister

The plural form is serure [səˈruːrə] in some dialects,[1][2] reflecting the Latin plural sorōrēs (> *serōrēs, via dissimilation).

• sore (e-infinitive)
• sorra, sårå, sårrå, sara, særa (dialectal)

sora (present tense sorar, past tense sora, past participle sora, passive infinitive sorast, present participle sorande, imperative sora/sor)

1. to be covered by thin ice layer (about water, stone or wood during a cold period of time)

• IPA^(key): /so.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: so‧ra

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वर (svara). Doublet of swara.

sora

1. loud

• > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦫ (sora, “loud”) (inherited)
  • >? Malay: sorak
    • > Indonesian: sorak (inherited)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sora

1. name of an arrow

• "sora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.ra/

sora f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of soră

• sour (Puter, Vallader)

From Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

sora f (plural soras)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sister

• (in terms of gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) frar
  • (Puter) frer