# bira
## Albanian
### Noun

bira
* inflection of birë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Barngarla
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiɹa/

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Yankunytjatjara piṟa.

#### Noun

bira
* moon

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

bira
* plucked

### References

* 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

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biɾa/ [bi.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -iɾa, -a
* Hyphenation: bi‧ra

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

bira inan
* turn
* half turn
* tour (a journey through a list of places)
* (physics) revolution, rotation

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bira
* Third-person plural (haiek) present imperative form of izan.
    Synonym: bitez

##### Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

### Etymology 3
#### Numeral

bira
* allative singular of bi

### Further reading

* “bira”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “bira”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish virar.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bi‧ra
* IPA: /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾ̪a]

### Verb

birá
* to pull
    Synonym: bitad
* to beat up
    Synonym: pawo
* (slang) to have sex
    Synonym: iyot
* (slang) an affirmative response to an invite

## Chichewa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɓi.ɽá/

### Noun

birá class 1a (plural abirá class 2)
* sheep
    Synonym: nkhosa

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* biira (Sette Comuni)

### Etymology

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

### Noun

bira f
* (Luserna) beer

### References

* 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

## Indonesian
### Noun

bira (plural bira-bira)
* giant taro, elephant ear taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

## Interlingua
### Noun

bira (plural biras)
* beer

## Jamamadí
### Noun

bira
* (Banawá) battery (device storing electricity)

### References

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

bira
* Rōmaji transcription of ビラ

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese virar.

### Verb

bira
* to turn

## Ladino
### Noun

bira f
* beer

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Adjective

bira
* as a brother

### Noun

bira m (plural birayên)
* brother

#### Related terms

* birader

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* pira

### Etymology

Monastic borrowing from Medieval Latin pira. The earlier Proto-West Germanic *peru would have yielded Old High German *phera.

### Noun

bira f
* pear

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: bir, bire, pir
** Alemannic German: Biire
** Bavarian: Birn
** German: Birne
*** → Estonian: pirn
*** → Kashubian: birna
** Hunsrik: Bern
** Luxembourgish: Bir
** Vilamovian: biyn
** Yiddish: באַר (bar)

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese virar and Kabuverdianu bira.

### Verb

bira
* to turn
* to bend

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Venetan bira.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.ɾɐ/

### Noun

bira f (plural biras)
* (South Brazil) beer
    Bora tomar uma bira lá!Let's take a beer (drink) there!

### Further reading

* "Bira" on Dicionário Informal

## Rukai
### Noun

bira
* fart sound

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan bira or Italian birra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bîra/

### Noun

bira f (Cyrillic spelling бира)
* (Chakavian) beer

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German Bier through the Månsing slang.

### Noun

bira c
* (slang) a (glass, bottle, or can of) beer; brewsky.
    knäcka en biracrack a beer

#### Synonyms

* bir
* bärs
* pilsner

#### Derived terms

* tåbira

## Tabaru
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.ɾa/

### Noun

bira
* rice

### References

* 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish virar (“to veer”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /biˈɾa/ [bɪˈɾa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: bi‧ra

#### Noun

birá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)
* strong or violent pull or tug
* severe beating by way of chastisement

##### Derived terms

* birahin
* bumira

##### Related terms

* birada

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vida (“life”). Doublet of bida.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbiɾa/ [ˈbiː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: bi‧ra

#### Noun

bira (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (endearing, obsolete)
* a term of endearment used for young children

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbiɾaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɾɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
* Syllabification: bi‧ra

#### Noun

birà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) (obsolete)
* Alternative form of dira

### Further reading

* “bira”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

### Anagrams

* rabi, abri

## Ternate
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbi.ɾa]

### Noun

bira (Jawi بيراة)
* rice (cooked or uncooked)

### References

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Italian birra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbi.ɾɑ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bira (definite accusative birayı, plural biralar)
* beer

#### Usage notes

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

#### Derived terms

* birahane

## Venetan
### Noun

bira f (plural bire)
* beer