bursa

See also: Bursa, bursą, and Bursą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (purse), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse and bourse, which are doublets.

Noun

bursa (plural bursae or bursæ)

  1. (anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

Derived terms

Translations

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Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊr.sa]
  • Hyphenation: bur‧sa

Noun

bursa

  1. (business, economics) exchange: a place for conducting trading.
    Bursa Efek IndonesiaIndonesia Stock Exchange
  2. (by extension, figurative, colloquial) election.
    Synonym: pemilihan
    bursa capres(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

  • bursa berjangka
  • bursa efek
  • bursa kerja
  • bursa komoditas
  • bursa komoditi
  • bursa saham
  • bursa sekuritas
  • bursa tenaga kerja
  • bursa uang
  • bursa valuta asing
  • bursa wisata

Noun

bursa

  1. bursa, any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, hide, wine-skin).

Noun

bursa m (genitive singular bursa, nominative plural bursaí)

  1. burse; purse

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bursa bhursa mbursa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Kanuri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʊ̄rsá]

Noun

bursa

  1. (Kanembu) cloud

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Francis Jouannet, Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou: langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad: phonématique et prosodie (1982, Paris: SELAF)
  • Kakadu Kanembu Kərânei: Kakadu 2 (UNESCO)

Latin

Alternative forms

  • byrsa

Etymology

Late Latin (4th century); from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, hide, wine-skin).

Pronunciation

Noun

bursa f (genitive bursae); first declension

  1. (originally Late Latin) oxhide, animal skin
  2. (by extension, Medieval Latin) purse, especially one made of skin or leather
  3. (Medieval Latin) supply of money, funds
  4. (Medieval Latin) pension

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bursa bursae
Genitive bursae bursārum
Dative bursae bursīs
Accusative bursam bursās
Ablative bursā bursīs
Vocative bursa bursae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • bursa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • bursa”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Northern Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin bursa.
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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːsa/

Noun

bursa

  1. purse (for money)
  2. wallet
  3. stock market

Inflection

Even a-stem, rs-rss gradation
Nominative bursa
Genitive burssa
Singular Plural
Nominative bursa burssat
Accusative burssa burssaid
Genitive burssa burssaid
Illative bursii burssaide
Locative burssas burssain
Comitative burssain burssaiguin
Essive bursan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bursan bursame bursamet
2nd person bursat bursade bursadet
3rd person bursas bursaska bursaset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbur.sa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ursa
  • Syllabification: bur‧sa
  • Homophone: Bursa

Noun

bursa f

  1. (dated, education) boarding house (housing for students at a boarding school)
    Synonym: internat
  2. (Roman Catholicism) bursa (parament about twelve inches square in which the folded corporal is kept in for reasons of reverence)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • bursalny
  • bursowy
nouns
  • bursak
  • bursarz
  • bursiak
  • bursiarz
  • bursista

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of bolsa.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbuʁ.sɐ/ [ˈbuh.sɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈbuɾ.sɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbuʁ.sɐ/ [ˈbuχ.sɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbuɻ.sa/

  • Hyphenation: bur‧sa

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (anatomy) bursa (sac where muscle slides across bone)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • buorsa (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, hide, wine-skin).

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purse
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) exchange

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bursa. Doublet of bolsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɾsa/ [ˈbuɾ.sa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾsa
  • Syllabification: bur‧sa

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

  1. (anatomy) bursa

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bursa.

Noun

bursa c

  1. (anatomy) bursa
    Synonym: slemsäck

Declension

Declension of bursa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bursa bursan bursor bursorna
Genitive bursas bursans bursors bursornas

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