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

predicative

subjective

genitive

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

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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	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	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 (prep.)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡura]

Noun

gura

definite nominative/accusative singular of gură

Rwanda-Rundi

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

(colloquial) a guitar
Synonym: gitarr

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

Declension

Declension of gura
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gura	guran	guror	gurorna
Genitive	guras	gurans	gurors	gurornas

References

gura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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