nira

nira

1. water

• Paul Rivet, Nouvelle contribution à l’étude de l’ethnologie précolombienne de Colombie, Journal de la Société des Américanistes, volume 35 (1943), page 26

From Malay nira, from Pali nira (“water”), from Sanskrit नीर (nīra, “water, juice, liquor”).

• IPA^(key): /ni.ra/
• Hyphenation: ni‧ra

nira

1. sap, liquor.

• “nira” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

nira

1. Rōmaji transcription of にら
2. Rōmaji transcription of ニラ

From Arabic نِيرْ‎ (nīr).

nira (n class, plural nira)

1. yoke

nira

1. sew

nira

1. water

• Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: Three lexicons and one grammar, in Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross (Bethwyn Evans, editor), Pacific Linguistics 605 (2009, Canberra: Australian National University)