gura

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gura"

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ግራ (gəra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡura/ [ˈɡʊɾʌ]
Hyphenation: gu‧ra

Adverb

gúra

on the left
to the left

Noun

gúra m (plural guraarí f)

Declension

Declension of gúra

absolutive

gúra

predicative

gúra

subjective

gurí

genitive

gurí

Postpositioned forms
l-case	gúral
k-case	gúrak
t-case	gúrat
h-case	gúrah

Antonyms

mígda, mídga

References

E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gùra”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 38

Irish

Etymology

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

Particle

gura (subjunctive copular particle used before consonants, form used before vowels gurab)

may... be (expressing a wish)
gura fada buan í an Bhanríon ― long live the Queen

gura slán duit ― all health to you

gura maith an mhaise duit é ― may you enjoy it

Related terms

Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
present/future		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	—
relative clause	indirect	ar, arb^v		—
other subordinate clause		gur, gurb^v		an	nach

past/conditional		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
main clause		ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v	—
relative clause	indirect	ar, arbh^v		—
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v

present subjunctive		affirmative	negative
—		gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárb^v		cár, cárbh^v
cé		cér, cérb^v		cér, cérbh^v
dá		—		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do		dar, darb^v		dar, darbh^v
faoi		faoinar, faoinarb^v		faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i		inar, inarb^v		inar, inarbh^v
le		lenar, lenarb^v		lenar, lenarbh^v
má		más		má ba, má b’^v
mura		mura, murab^v		murar, murarbh^v
ó (preposition)		ónar, ónarb^v		ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’^v
trí		trínar, trínarb^v		trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Jita

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀da (“to buy”).

Verb

-gura (infinitive okugura)

to buy

Derived terms

-gurira (“to buy for someone”)
-gusya (“to sell”)

References

Kagaya, Ryohei (2005), A Jita Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 87

Pattani Malay

Verb

gura

misspelling of ggura

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ra/
Rhymes: -ura
Hyphenation: gu‧ra

Noun

gura

definite nominative/accusative singular of gură

Interjection

gura

(colloquial, very impolite) zip it!

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-gʊ̀da (“to buy”).

Verb

-gura (infinitive kugura, perfective -guze)

buy

Derived terms

-gurisha (“sell”)
-guza (“borrow, lend”)
ikiguzi (“price, cost”)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Verb

-gura (infinitive kugura)

(dialectal) to move, go

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gura

Positive present	-nagura
Subjunctive	-gure
Negative	-guri
Imperative singular	gura

Infinitives

Positive	kugura
Negative	kutogura

Imperatives

Singular	gura
Plural	gureni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hugura
Positive past	positive subject concord + -ligura
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kugura

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagura)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninagura/nagura	tunagura
2nd person		unagura	mnagura
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anagura	wanagura
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nagura

Negative present (negative subject concord + -guri)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		siguri	hatuguri
2nd person		huguri	hamguri
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	haguri	hawaguri
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -guri

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tagura
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tagura

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gure)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nigure	tugure
2nd person		ugure	mgure
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	agure	wagure
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -gure

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sigure
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngegura
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singegura
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngaligura
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singaligura

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agura)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nagura	twagura
2nd person		wagura	mwagura
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	agura	wagura
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wagura	yagura
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lagura	yagura
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chagura	vyagura
	n_(IX/X)	yagura	zagura
	u_(XI)	wagura	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwagura
	pa_(XVI)	pagura
	mu_(XVIII)	mwagura

Perfect	positive subject concord + -megura
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshagura
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jagura
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kigura
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipogura
Consecutive	kagura / positive subject concord + -kagura
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kagure

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nigura	-tugura
2nd person		-kugura	-wagura/-kugureni/-wagureni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mgura	-wagura
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ugura	-igura
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-ligura	-yagura
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kigura	-vigura
	n_(IX/X)	-igura	-zigura
	u_(XI)	-ugura	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kugura
	pa_(XVI)	-pagura
	mu_(XVIII)	-mugura
Reflexive		-jigura

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gura- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-guraye	-gurao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-gurao	-gurayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-guralo	-gurayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-guracho	-guravyo
n_(IX/X)	-gurayo	-gurazo
u_(XI)	-gurao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-gurako
pa_(XVI)	-gurapo
mu_(XVIII)	-guramo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gura)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yegura	-ogura
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ogura	-yogura
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-logura	-yogura
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chogura	-vyogura
n_(IX/X)	-yogura	-zogura
u_(XI)	-ogura	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kogura
pa_(XVI)	-pogura
mu_(XVIII)	-mogura

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Noun

gura c

(slang) a guitar
Synonym: gitarr

Kan din kompis lira gura?
Can your friend play guitar?

Declension

Declension of **gura**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gura	guras
singular	definite	guran	gurans
plural	indefinite	guror	gurors
plural	definite	gurorna	gurornas

References

gura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuɾa/ [ˈɡuː.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -uɾa
Syllabification: gu‧ra

Noun

gura (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇ)

alternative form of gora