yira

Bidyara

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

yira

  1. tooth

Further reading
  • Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *yiraŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra, cognate with Wiradjuri yirang.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jiɻa/, [jiɻa], [iɻa]

Noun

yira

  1. tooth
    • 1856, William Ridley, “On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect”, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:
      Teeth . . īră.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
      Teeth .... .... yira
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Alternative forms
  • Yuwaalaraay dialect: yiya

References
  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Spanish

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝiɾa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝi.ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃiɾa/ [ˈʃi.ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒiɾa/ [ˈʒi.ɾa]

  • Rhymes: -iɾa
  • Syllabification: yi‧ra

Etymology 1

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Noun

yira f (plural yiras)

  1. (Latin America, colloquial, derogatory) harlot; prostitute

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

yira

  1. inflection of yirar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  • Babylon, Online Dictionary

Further reading
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