From Bambara kɔ́ra.

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp played in West Africa.
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

• koraist

• kora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• kora-kora (etymologically unrelated)

• akro-, okra

From koro (“heart”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkora/
• Rhymes: -ora
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kora (accusative singular koran, plural koraj, accusative plural korajn)

1. relating to the heart; cardiac
2. heartfelt, cordial

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra
• Homophone: Cora (hypermarket in Hungary between 1997 and 2012)
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Back-formation from korán (“early”).

kora (comparative (archaic) korább, superlative (archaic) legkorább)

1. early (near the start or beginning)

   kora nyár ― early summer

2. early (at a time in advance of the usual or expected event)

   kora halál ― an early death

• korai

(Compound words):

• koraszülött

kor (“age”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

kora

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

   az ő kora ― his/her age

• korabeli
• kori (Etymology 2)

• kora in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

kora

1. Rōmaji transcription of コラ
2. Rōmaji transcription of こら

kora m

1. genitive singular of koris

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

• (noun): IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.rɑ/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /²kuː.rɑ/

kora n

1. definite singular of kor

kora (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kora/kor)

1. alternative form of kore

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: ko‧ra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora. Doublet of skóra, szer, and szkier.

kora f

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust
3. cortex

kora f

1. (sculpture) kore

kora f

1. kora (string instrument)

• kora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kora f

1. (botany) bark, crust (Dolenjski Romani dialect)

• Cech, Petra & Heinschink, Mozes F. (2002). Vokabular der Dolenjski Roma aus Novo Mesto und Bela Krajina, Slowenien. Grazer Linguistische Studien.

-kóra (infinitive gukóra, perfective -kóze)

1. do
2. work
3. fix

• -koresha
• umukozi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kora.

• IPA^(key): /kôra/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kȍra f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра)

1. bark (of trees)
2. crust

• “kora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Old Swedish kora, from Middle Low German koren. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål kåre. From Proto-Germanic *kuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare origin of kurfurste, tjusa, villkor.

• IPA^(key): /koːra/, /kuːra/

kora (present korar, preterite korade, supine korat, imperative kora)

1. choose, appoint

• kora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kora in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

kora

1. dative singular of kor

Borrowed from Polish kara.

kora f

1. punishment

   Synonym: śtröf

From Proto-Finnic *kora

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkorɑ/, [ˈkorɑ]
• Rhymes: -orɑ
• Hyphenation: ko‧ra

kora

1. woodpecker

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kora”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn