korr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kāra, from earlier *kasra, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (compare Lithuanian kàsti (“to dig, scrape”), Serbo-Croatian kòsa (“scythe”)).

Verb

korr (first-person singular past tense korra, participle korrur)

  1. to harvest, reap

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

Back-formation from korra (“to rattle from the throat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰɔrː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrː

Noun

korr n (genitive singular korrs, no plural)

  1. rattle, rattling
  2. sounds of suffocation coming from the throat

Declension
declension of korr
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative korr korrið
accusative korr korrið
dative korri korrinu
genitive korrs korrsins

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्रोड (kroḍa, “breast, bosom”).[1][2]

Noun

korr f (nominative plural korrǎ)

  1. neck[1][2][3]

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “krōḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 187
  2. Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “koř”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 148b
  3. Marcel Courthiade (2009), “i/e korr, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 203a
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