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Symbol

era

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eravallan.

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Eravallan terms

English

Alternative forms

æra (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

enPR: îrʹə:
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɪə.ɹə/, [ˈɪə̯.ɹə ~ ˈɪː.ɹə]
  - Audio (UK): (file)
- (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /iə.ɹə/, [ˈi̞ə̯.ɹə ~ ˈiː.ɹə]
- (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɹə/, [ˈiː.ɹə]
- (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.ɹə/, [ˈɛ̝.ɹə ~ ˈe̞ː.ɹə]
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹə
- Homophone: airer (non-rhotic, cheer–chair merger)
(US) enPR: ĕrʹə, îrʹə; IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ə/, /ˈɪɚ.ə/
- Audio (US); /ˈɛɹ.ə/: (file)
- Homophone: error (/ˈɛɹ.ə/, non-rhotic)
(Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrɑ/, /ˈirɑ/
Rhymes: -ɛɹə, -ɪəɹə
Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

era (plural eras)

A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
- 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist‎^[2], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, page 87:
  In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
(geology) A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
(informal) An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.

Synonyms

(time period of indeterminate length): age, epoch, period
See also Thesaurus:era

Hyponyms

(cosmological time unit): stelliferous era, degenerate era, black hole era
(geochronologic unit): Cenozoic era, erathem, Mesozoic era, Paleozoic era

Coordinate terms

geological time unitsedit

Derived terms

Translations

time period

Albanian: erë (sq) f, mot (sq)
Arabic: عَصْر (ar) m (ʕaṣr), عُصُور (ar) m pl (ʕuṣūr), زَمَان (ar) m (zamān)
Armenian: դարաշրջան (hy) (darašrǰan), ժամանակաշրջան (hy) (žamanakašrǰan)
Asturian: era (ast) f, época (ast) f
Azerbaijani: əsr (az), dövr (az), era, zaman (az)
Bashkir: дәүер (dəwer), заман (zaman)
Belarusian: э́ра f (éra), эпо́ха f (epóxa)
Bengali: যুগ (bn) (jug), কাল (bn) (kal), জমানা (bn) (jomana)
Breton: amzervezh f, hoalad m
Bulgarian: е́ра (bg) f (éra), епо́ха (bg) f (epóha)
Burmese: ခေတ် (my) (hket), ယုဂ် (my) (yug)
Catalan: era (ca) f, època (ca) f, període (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 時代 / 时代 (zh) (shídài), 紀元 / 纪元 (zh) (jìyuán)
Czech: éra (cs) f, epocha f, období (cs) n
Danish: æra c
Dutch: tijdperk (nl) n, periode (nl) f, era (nl) m, tijdrekening (nl) f
Egyptian:

(rk)
Esperanto: erao
Estonian: ajastu (et)
Finnish: aikakausi (fi), ajanjakso (fi), aika (fi)
French: ère (fr) f, période (fr) f, époque (fr) f
Galician: era (gl) f, época (gl) f
Georgian: დრო (ka) (dro), ერა (era)
German: Ära (de) f, Epoche (de) f
Greek: περίοδος (el) f (períodos), εποχή (el) f (epochí)
Hebrew: עידן \ עִדָּן (he) m (idán), תְּקוּפָה (he) f (tkufá)
Hindi: युग (hi) m (yug), अनुयुग m (anuyug), ज़माना m (zamānā), काल (hi) m (kāl)
Hungarian: kor (hu), korszak (hu), éra (hu)
Ido: ero (io)
Indonesian: era (id), masa (id), jaman (id), periode (id)
Italian: era (it) f, epoca (it) f
Japanese: 時代 (ja) (じだい, jidai), 紀元 (ja) (きげん, kigen)
Kabuverdianu: idadi
Kazakh: дәуір (däuır), заман (zaman)
Khmer: សម័យ (km) (saʼmay), កាល (km) (kaal), យុគ (km) (yuk)
Korean: 시대(時代) (ko) (sidae), 기원(紀元) (ko) (giwon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dewr (ku), zeman (ku)
Kyrgyz: доор (ky) (door), эра (era), заман (ky) (zaman)
Lao: ຍຸກ (nyuk), ສະໃໝ (sa mai), ສໄມ (sa mai)
Latin: aetas (la) f
Latvian: ēra f, laikmets m
Lithuanian: era (lt) f
Macedonian: ера f (era)
Malay: masa (ms), zaman (ms), tarikh (ms)
Marathi: काळ m (kāḷ), युग n (yug)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цаг (mn) (cag), үе (mn) (üje), эрин үе (erin üje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: æra (no) m, tidsalder m, epoke (no) m, tidsepoke m

Nynorsk: æra m, tidsalder m, epoke m, tidsepoke m
Pashto: دوره (ps) f (dawrá), عصر (ps) m (asᶕr), زمانه (ps) f (zamāná, zəmāná)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عَصْر (asr), دُوْرِه (dowre), زَمان (zamân), زَمانِه (zamâne)
Polish: era (pl) f
Portuguese: era (pt) f, época (pt) f
Romanian: eră (ro) f, epocă (ro) f, perioadă (ro) f
Russian: э́ра (ru) f (éra), эпо́ха (ru) f (epóxa)
Sanskrit: युग (sa) n (yuga)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: е́ра f

Roman: éra (sh) f
Slovak: obdobie n, éra (sk) f, epocha (sk) f
Slovene: era f
Spanish: época (es) f, era (es) f, período (es) m, evo (es) m (poetic)
Swedish: era (sv) c, tidevarv (sv) n
Tagalog: higtion
Tajik: давр (davr), давра (davra), аср (asr), замон (tg) (zamon), замона (zamona)
Tatar: заман (tt) (zaman), дәвер (tt) (däwer)
Telugu: శకం (te) (śakaṁ), యుగం (te) (yugaṁ)
Thai: สมัย (th) (sà-mǎi), กาล (th) (gaan), ยุค (th) (yúk)
Turkish: çağ (tr), devir (tr), asır (tr)
Turkmen: döwür, zaman (tk)
Udmurt: вапум (vapum)
Ukrainian: е́ра (uk) f (éra), епо́ха (uk) f (epóxa)
Urdu: زَمانَہ m (zamāna) دَور m (daur), عَصْر m ('asr), زَمان m (zamān)
Uyghur: دەۋر (dewr)
Uzbek: davr (uz), era (uz), epoxa (uz), asr (uz), zamon (uz)
Vietnamese: thời đại (vi) (時代), kỉ nguyên (vi) (紀元)
Zazaki: dem (diq), dewr (diq)

geochronologic unit

Arabic: حِقْبَة f (ḥiqba)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 代 (zh) (dài)
Finnish: maailmankausi (fi)
German: Erdzeitalter (de) n
Hebrew: עִדָּן (he) m (idán)
Swedish: era (sv) c
Tagalog: higtion
Zazaki: serdem

Further reading

era on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

'ear, Åre, ear, Rea, rea, EAR, REA, aer-, A.R.E., ReA, ARE, aër-, Are, Aer, are, Rae

Albanian

Noun

era

definite nominative singular of erë

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɾa/ [ˈe.ɾa]
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era f (plural eres)

era (time period)
Synonyms: dómina, época

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian э́ра (éra), ultimately from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

era (definite accusative eranı, plural eralar)

era
yeni eraya qədəm qoymaq ― to enter a new era

eramızdan əvvəl ― before the common era

Declension

Declension of *era*
	singular	plural
nominative	era	eralar
definite accusative	eranı	eraları
dative	eraya	eralara
locative	erada	eralarda
ablative	eradan	eralardan
definite genitive	eranın	eraların

Possessive forms of *era*
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eram	eralarım
sənin (“your”)	eran	eraların
onun (“his/her/its”)	erası	eraları
bizim (“our”)	eramız	eralarımız
sizin (“your”)	eranız	eralarınız
onların (“their”)	erası or eraları	eraları

	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramı	eralarımı
sənin (“your”)	eranı	eralarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasını	eralarını
bizim (“our”)	eramızı	eralarımızı
sizin (“your”)	eranızı	eralarınızı
onların (“their”)	erasını or eralarını	eralarını

	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	erama	eralarıma
sənin (“your”)	erana	eralarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasına	eralarına
bizim (“our”)	eramıza	eralarımıza
sizin (“your”)	eranıza	eralarınıza
onların (“their”)	erasına or eralarına	eralarına

	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramda	eralarımda
sənin (“your”)	eranda	eralarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasında	eralarında
bizim (“our”)	eramızda	eralarımızda
sizin (“your”)	eranızda	eralarınızda
onların (“their”)	erasında or eralarında	eralarında

	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramdan	eralarımdan
sənin (“your”)	erandan	eralarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasından	eralarından
bizim (“our”)	eramızdan	eralarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	eranızdan	eralarınızdan
onların (“their”)	erasından or eralarından	eralarından

	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramın	eralarımın
sənin (“your”)	eranın	eralarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasının	eralarının
bizim (“our”)	eramızın	eralarımızın
sizin (“your”)	eranızın	eralarınızın
onların (“their”)	erasının or eralarının	eralarının

Further reading

“era” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

era inan

manner

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ɾə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ɾa]
Rhymes: -eɾa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

era (time period)
Synonym: època

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ārea (“open space; threshing floor”). Compare the borrowed doublet àrea.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

small section of arable land destined for cultivation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

era

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ésser

Further reading

“era”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“era”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
“era” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“era” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Verb

era

(intransitive) to say

Related terms

ereni

Creek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *θali.

Pronunciation

(Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪɬɑ́ˑ]
Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

era

his/her back

Inflection

Possessive inflection of era (inalienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	cvra	pora
Second person	cera
Third person	era
Indefinite	estera

References

J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 31
J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aera.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeː.raː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: era
Rhymes: -eːraː

Noun

era f (plural era's, no diminutive)

era, age, epoch
Synonyms: eeuw, tijdperk
(dated) era, calendar
Synonym: jaartelling

Descendants

→ Indonesian: era

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈera/
Rhymes: -era
Hyphenation: er‧a

Adjective

era (accusative singular eran, plural eraj, accusative plural erajn)

adjective form of ero (“bit, piece”)

Fala

Verb

era

first-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (“to be”)
third-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (“to be”)
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IV, Chapter 1: Non Diptongación da “E” i a “O” en Nossa Fala:
  Tampocu era normal en o leonés antiguu, según os estudius dos escritus i textus estudiaus, por ejemplu por Menéndez Pidal, quen tamén viñu i estudió o mañegu.
  Neither was it normal in Old Leonese, according to studies of the writings and the texts studied, by Menéndez Pidal for example, who also came and studied Mañego.

Galician

Verb

era

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

era

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch era, from Latin aera.

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈera/ [ˈe.ra]
Rhymes: -era
Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era (plural era-era)

era, age, epoch

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hitu [Term?]

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈera/ [ˈe.ra]
Rhymes: -era
Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era (plural era-era)

sago dreg

Further reading

“era”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Noun

era (plural eras)

era

Verb

era

optional irregular past tense form of esser ("to be")

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ra/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɛra
Hyphenation: è‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural ere)

age, epoch, period
Synonyms: epoca, età
(geology) era

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin erat.

Verb

era

third-person singular imperfect indicative of essere

Etymology 3

From Latin eram.

Verb

era

(obsolete) alternative form of ero, first-person singular imperfect indicative of essere
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 10–12; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
  Io non so ben ridir com’i’ v’intrai, ¶ tant’era pien di sonno a quel punto ¶ che la verace via abbandonai.
  I cannot well repeat how there I entered, ⁠¶ ⁠So full was I of slumber at the moment ¶ ⁠In which I had abandoned the true way.

References

^ era in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

-are, Rea, are, rea

Ladino

Verb

era (Hebrew spelling אירה)

first-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Latin

Alternative forms

hera

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.ra]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ra]

Noun

era f (genitive erae, masculine erus); first declension

mistress (of a house, with respect to the servants)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	era	erae
genitive	erae	erārum
dative	erae	erīs
accusative	eram	erās
ablative	erā	erīs
vocative	era	erae

Luganda

Conjunction

era

and, and then (only used for occurrences in chronological order)
also, too
besides

See also

ne

References

J. D., Chesswas (1967), The Essentials of Luganda, 4th edition, Nairobi: Oxford University Press, page 95
Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59
Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 71

Mirandese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɾa/ [ˈe.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: e‧ra

Verb

era

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi era.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈera/, (Rio Negro, Solimões) [ˈɛ.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -era
Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

era (IIf class pluriform, plural era-itá, absolute era, R1 rera, R2 sera)

name
era rupí ― in the name of

Related terms

References

Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “era”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 300–301

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

era

(archaic or dialectal) plural present of vera

Occitan

Pronunciation

Audio (Gascony): (file)

Article

era f

feminine singular of eth

Pronoun

era

(Gascony) she

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

ēra f

Inflection

Declension of ēra (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ēra	ēra, ēron
accusative	ēra, ēron	ēra, ēron
genitive	ēron	ērono
dative	ēron	ēron

Derived terms

unēra

Descendants

Middle Dutch: êre
- Dutch: eer
  - Afrikaans: eer
  - Negerhollands: eer
- Limburgish: ieër

Further reading

“ēra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Verb

era

imperative singular of erian

Old High German

FWOTD – 7 April 2014

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ra/

Noun

ēra f

Declension

Declension of **ēra** (ō-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	ēra	ērā
accusative	ēra	ērā
genitive	ēra	ērōno
dative	ēru	ērōm

Descendants

Middle High German: ēre
- Central Franconian:
  Hunsrik: Eher
  
  Luxembourgish: Éier
- German: Ehre
- Rhine Franconian: Ehr, Ihr
- Vilamovian: ere

References

Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer
Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[3], second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.rɑ/

Noun

ēra f

Declension

**era** (feminine ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	era	era
accusative	era	era
genitive	era, eru, ero	erono
dative	eru, ero, era	eron, erum, erun
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: ēre
- Low German: Ehr, Ehre
- → Old Norse: æra, eir
  - Danish: ære
  - Icelandic: æra
  - Faroese: æra
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: ære
  - Norwegian Bokmål: ære
  - Swedish: ära
  - Icelandic: eir m or n
  - ⇒ Faroese: eirdómur, eirgingin, eirgrønur, eiring
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: eir n
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: eir n
  - Old Swedish: ēr
    - Swedish: ärg c
  - Danish: ir c
    - Norwegian Bokmål: irr n

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *teT, from Proto-Tupian *jeT.^[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani téra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾa/
Rhymes: -ɛɾa
Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

era (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tera, R1 rera, R2 sera)

name

Derived terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: era
→⇒ Portuguese: xará

References

^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020), Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [Proto-Macro-Jê: a reconstructive study]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956), Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[4] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “era”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 109, column 1

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English era, French ère, German Ära, ultimately from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ra/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛra
Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era f

era

Declension

Declension of era

	singular	plural
nominative	era	ery
genitive	ery	er
dative	erze	erom
accusative	erę	ery
instrumental	erą	erami
locative	erze	erach
vocative	ero	ery

Related terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/

Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
Homophones: hera, Hera
Hyphenation: e‧ra
Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)): (file)
Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

era (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)
Synonym: época
(archaeology) age (period of human prehistory)
Synonym: idade
(geology) era (unit of time, smaller than aeons and greater than periods)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

era

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *e-la. Cognates include Tuamotuan era and Maori ērā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɾa/
Hyphenation: e‧ra

Determiner

era

that
Te vaka era. ― That canoe.

See also

Rapa Nui demonstratives
	neutral	proximal	medial	distal
demonstrative determiners	tū, hū¹⁾	nei, nī²⁾	nā	rā
postnuclear demonstratives	—	nei	ena	era
demonstrative pronouns	ira	nei	nā	rā
demonstrative locationals	—	nei	nā	rā

¹⁾ emphatic ²⁾ rare

References

Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[5], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 194

Romanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jeˈra]
IPA^(key): [eˈra]

Verb

era

third-person singular imperfect indicative of fi: he/she was (being)
el era pierdut
he was lost

el era sarcastic
he was being sarcastic

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈera]

Noun

era f

definite nominative/accusative singular of eră

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-êra (infinitive kwêra, perfective -êze)

be white
be pure, be innocent
be holy
be ripe

Derived terms

icyumweru / icumweru (“week”)
umwera (“white person”)
umweru (“something white”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ěːra/
Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

éra f (Cyrillic spelling е́ра)

era

Declension

Declension of *era*
	singular	plural
nominative	éra	ere
genitive	ere	ȇrā
dative	eri	erama
accusative	eru	ere
vocative	ero	ere
locative	eri	erama
instrumental	erom	erama

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɾa/ [ˈe.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: e‧ra

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

era

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

See also

estaba

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

era, age
la Nueva Era ― New Age
(geology) era

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin ārea. Compare the borrowed doublet área.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

Further reading

“era”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːra/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: e‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse yðr, yðar, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz.

Alternative forms

edra (archaic)

Pronoun

era (singular form er)

(possessive) your, yours (possessed by the multiple individuals addressed, of multiple things)
Är det här era spelkulor, pojkar?
Are these your marbles, boys?
you (only in this use:)
Era jävla idioter!
You bloody idiots!

Era små fan!
You little bastards!

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns
Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
Number	Person		nominative	oblique	common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej³	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej³	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han², en⁵	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na⁵	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)¹	hen	hen, henom⁷	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en⁴	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran²	vårt, vårat²	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran², ers⁶	ert, erat²	era
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

From Latin aera.

Noun

era c

era

Declension

Declension of **era**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	era	eras
singular	definite	eran	erans
plural	indefinite	eror	erors
plural	definite	erorna	erornas

References

Anagrams

-are, rea

Tause

Noun

era

water

See also

ira (Weirate and Deirate dialects)

References

Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jéda (“to shine”), potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *jel- (“to shine, to be white”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /éːɾa/

Verb

-era (infinitive okwera) (intransitive)

to be white; to become white
to be or become clean
Synonym: -ecumi (adjective)
(chiefly of millet and other crops) to be or become ripe
Synonym: (chiefly of fruits) -enga
to be or become holy
Ekitabu Ekirukwera ― the Holy Bible
(of the king) to smile

Conjugation

Conjugation of -era

infinitives

affirmative

negative

imperatives

affirmative

negative

(see second-person negative subjunctive forms)

tense

polarity

basic forms

relative forms¹

present habitual

affirmative

*subject concord* + -era
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nyera	twera
second person		oyera	mwera
third person	1/2	ayera	beera
	3/4	gwera	eyera
	5/6	lyera	geera
	7/8	kyera	byera
	9/10	eyera	zeera
	11/10	rwera	zeera
	12/14	keera	bwera
	13	—	twera
	14/6	bwera	geera
	15/6	kwera	geera
	16	heera	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -era
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinyera	titwera
second person		toyera	timwera
third person	1/2	tayera	tibeera
	3/4	tigwera	teyera
	5/6	tiryera	tigeera
	7/8	tikyera	tibyera
	9/10	teyera	tizeera
	11/10	tirwera	tizeera
	12/14	tikeera	tibwera
	13	—	titwera
	14/6	tibwera	tigeera
	15/6	tikwera	tigeera
	16	tiheera	—

subject concord + -teera

present continuous

affirmative

ni- + *subject concord* + -era
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		ninyera	nitwera
second person		nooyera	nimwera
third person	1/2	naayera	nibeera
	3/4	nigwera	neeyera
	5/6	niryera	nigeera
	7/8	nikyera	nibyera
	9/10	neeyera	nizeera
	11/10	nirwera	nizeera
	12/14	nikeera	nibwera
	13	—	nitwera
	14/6	nibwera	nigeera
	15/6	nikwera	nigeera
	16	niheera	—

subject concord + -rukwera

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -rukwera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tindukwera	titurukwera
second person		torukwera	timurukwera
third person	1/2	tarukwera	tibarukwera
	3/4	tigurukwera	terukwera
	5/6	tirirukwera	tigarukwera
	7/8	tikirukwera	tibirukwera
	9/10	terukwera	tizirukwera
	11/10	tirurukwera	tizirukwera
	12/14	tikarukwera	tiburukwera
	13	—	titurukwera
	14/6	tiburukwera	tigarukwera
	15/6	tikurukwera	tigarukwera
	16	tiharukwera	—

subject concord + -tarukwera

present continuative

affirmative

ni- + *subject concord* + -kyayera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		ninkyayera	nitukyayera
second person		nookyayera	nimukyayera
third person	1/2	naakyayera	nibakyayera
	3/4	nigukyayera	neekyayera
	5/6	nirikyayera	nigakyayera
	7/8	nikikyayera	nibikyayera
	9/10	neekyayera	nizikyayera
	11/10	nirukyayera	nizikyayera
	12/14	nikakyayera	nibukyayera
	13	—	nitukyayera
	14/6	nibukyayera	nigakyayera
	15/6	nikukyayera	nigakyayera
	16	nihakyayera	—

subject concord + -rukukyayera

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -kyayera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinkyayera	titukyayera
second person		tokyayera	timukyayera
third person	1/2	takyayera	tibakyayera
	3/4	tigukyayera	tekyayera
	5/6	tirikyayera	tigakyayera
	7/8	tikikyayera	tibikyayera
	9/10	tekyayera	tizikyayera
	11/10	tirukyayera	tizikyayera
	12/14	tikakyayera	tibukyayera
	13	—	titukyayera
	14/6	tibukyayera	tigakyayera
	15/6	tikukyayera	tigakyayera
	16	tihakyayera	—

subject concord + -takyayera

virtual present

affirmative

*subject concord* + -ayera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nayera	twayera
second person		wayera	mwayera
third person	1/2	yayera	baayera
	3/4	gwayera	yayera
	5/6	lyayera	gaayera
	7/8	kyayera	byayera
	9/10	yayera	zaayera
	11/10	rwayera	zaayera
	12/14	kaayera	bwayera
	13	—	twayera
	14/6	bwayera	gaayera
	15/6	kwayera	gaayera
	16	haayera	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + ayera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinayera	titwayera
second person		tiwayera	timwayera
third person	1/2	tiyayera	tibaayera
	3/4	tigwayera	tiyayera
	5/6	tiryayera	tigaayera
	7/8	tikyayera	tibyayera
	9/10	tiyayera	tizaayera
	11/10	tirwayera	tizaayera
	12/14	tikaayera	tibwayera
	13	—	titwayera
	14/6	tibwayera	tigaayera
	15/6	tikwayera	tigaayera
	16	tihaayera	—

subject concord + -taayera

present perfect

affirmative

*subject concord* + -ezire
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nyezire	twezire
second person		oyezire	mwezire
third person	1/2	ayezire	beezire
	3/4	gwezire	eyezire
	5/6	lyezire	geezire
	7/8	kyezire	byezire
	9/10	eyezire	zeezire
	11/10	rwezire	zeezire
	12/14	keezire	bwezire
	13	—	twezire
	14/6	bwezire	geezire
	15/6	kwezire	geezire
	16	heezire	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -ezire
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinyezire	titwezire
second person		toyezire	timwezire
third person	1/2	tayezire	tibeezire
	3/4	tigwezire	teyezire
	5/6	tiryezire	tigeezire
	7/8	tikyezire	tibyezire
	9/10	teyezire	tizeezire
	11/10	tirwezire	tizeezire
	12/14	tikeezire	tibwezire
	13	—	titwezire
	14/6	tibwezire	tigeezire
	15/6	tikwezire	tigeezire
	16	tiheezire	—

subject concord + -teezire

near perfective

affirmative

*subject concord* + -akeera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nakeera	twakeera
second person		wakeera	mwakeera
third person	1/2	yakeera	baakeera
	3/4	gwakeera	yakeera
	5/6	lyakeera	gaakeera
	7/8	kyakeera	byakeera
	9/10	yakeera	zaakeera
	11/10	rwakeera	zaakeera
	12/14	kaakeera	bwakeera
	13	—	twakeera
	14/6	bwakeera	gaakeera
	15/6	kwakeera	gaakeera
	16	haakeera	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -keezire
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinkeezire	titukeezire
second person		tokeezire	timukeezire
third person	1/2	takeezire	tibakeezire
	3/4	tigukeezire	tekeezire
	5/6	tirikeezire	tigakeezire
	7/8	tikikeezire	tibikeezire
	9/10	tekeezire	tizikeezire
	11/10	tirukeezire	tizikeezire
	12/14	tikakeezire	tibukeezire
	13	—	titukeezire
	14/6	tibukeezire	tigakeezire
	15/6	tikukeezire	tigakeezire
	16	tihakeezire	—

subject concord + -takeezire

near past

affirmative

*subject concord* + -ezirege
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nyezirege	twezirege
second person		oyezirege	mwezirege
third person	1/2	ayezirege	beezirege
	3/4	gwezirege	eyezirege
	5/6	lyezirege	geezirege
	7/8	kyezirege	byezirege
	9/10	eyezirege	zeezirege
	11/10	rwezirege	zeezirege
	12/14	keezirege	bwezirege
	13	—	twezirege
	14/6	bwezirege	geezirege
	15/6	kwezirege	geezirege
	16	heezirege	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -ezirege
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinyezirege	titwezirege
second person		toyezirege	timwezirege
third person	1/2	tayezirege	tibeezirege
	3/4	tigwezirege	teyezirege
	5/6	tiryezirege	tigeezirege
	7/8	tikyezirege	tibyezirege
	9/10	teyezirege	tizeezirege
	11/10	tirwezirege	tizeezirege
	12/14	tikeezirege	tibwezirege
	13	—	titwezirege
	14/6	tibwezirege	tigeezirege
	15/6	tikwezirege	tigeezirege
	16	tiheezirege	—

subject concord + -teezirege

remote past

affirmative

*subject concord* + -keera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nkeera	tukeera
second person		okeera	mukeera
third person	1/2	akeera	bakeera
	3/4	gukeera	ekeera
	5/6	likeera	gakeera
	7/8	kikeera	bikeera
	9/10	ekeera	zikeera
	11/10	rukeera	zikeera
	12/14	kakeera	bukeera
	13	—	tukeera
	14/6	bukeera	gakeera
	15/6	kukeera	gakeera
	16	hakeera	—

subject concord + -ayezire

negative

*subject concord* + -teere
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nteere	tuteere
second person		oteere	muteere
third person	1/2	ateere	bateere
	3/4	guteere	eteere
	5/6	liteere	gateere
	7/8	kiteere	biteere
	9/10	eteere	ziiteere
	11/10	ruteere	ziiteere
	12/14	kateere	buteere
	13	—	tuteere
	14/6	buteere	gateere
	15/6	kuteere	gateere
	16	hateere	—

subject concord + -tarayezire

experiential perfective

affirmative

*subject concord* + -rayezire
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		ndayezire	turayezire
second person		orayezire	murayezire
third person	1/2	arayezire	barayezire
	3/4	gurayezire	erayezire
	5/6	lirayezire	garayezire
	7/8	kirayezire	birayezire
	9/10	erayezire	zirayezire
	11/10	rurayezire	zirayezire
	12/14	karayezire	burayezire
	13	—	turayezire
	14/6	burayezire	garayezire
	15/6	kurayezire	garayezire
	16	harayezire	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -keeraga
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinkeeraga	titukeeraga
second person		tokeeraga	timukeeraga
third person	1/2	takeeraga	tibakeeraga
	3/4	tigukeeraga	tekeeraga
	5/6	tirikeeraga	tigakeeraga
	7/8	tikikeeraga	tibikeeraga
	9/10	tekeeraga	tizikeeraga
	11/10	tirukeeraga	tizikeeraga
	12/14	tikakeeraga	tibukeeraga
	13	—	titukeeraga
	14/6	tibukeeraga	tigakeeraga
	15/6	tikukeeraga	tigakeeraga
	16	tihakeeraga	—

subject concord + -takeeraga

cessative perfective

affirmative

*subject concord* + -aayezire
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		naayezire	twayezire
second person		waayezire	mwayezire
third person	1/2	yaayezire	baayezire
	3/4	gwayezire	yaayezire
	5/6	lyayezire	gaayezire
	7/8	kyayezire	byayezire
	9/10	yaayezire	zaayezire
	11/10	rwayezire	zaayezire
	12/14	kaayezire	bwayezire
	13	—	twayezire
	14/6	bwayezire	gaayezire
	15/6	kwayezire	gaayezire
	16	haayezire	—

past habitual

affirmative

*subject concord* + -ayeraga
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nayeraga	twayeraga
second person		wayeraga	mwayeraga
third person	1/2	yayeraga	baayeraga
	3/4	gwayeraga	yayeraga
	5/6	lyayeraga	gaayeraga
	7/8	kyayeraga	byayeraga
	9/10	yayeraga	zaayeraga
	11/10	rwayeraga	zaayeraga
	12/14	kaayeraga	bwayeraga
	13	—	twayeraga
	14/6	bwayeraga	gaayeraga
	15/6	kwayeraga	gaayeraga
	16	haayeraga	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + ayeraga
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinayeraga	titwayeraga
second person		tiwayeraga	timwayeraga
third person	1/2	tiyayeraga	tibaayeraga
	3/4	tigwayeraga	tiyayeraga
	5/6	tiryayeraga	tigaayeraga
	7/8	tikyayeraga	tibyayeraga
	9/10	tiyayeraga	tizaayeraga
	11/10	tirwayeraga	tizaayeraga
	12/14	tikaayeraga	tibwayeraga
	13	—	titwayeraga
	14/6	tibwayeraga	tigaayeraga
	15/6	tikwayeraga	tigaayeraga
	16	tihaayeraga	—

subject concord + -taayeraga

near future

affirmative

*subject concord* + -raayera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		ndaayera	turaayera
second person		oraayera	muraayera
third person	1/2	araayera	baraayera
	3/4	guraayera	eraayera
	5/6	liraayera	garaayera
	7/8	kiraayera	biraayera
	9/10	eraayera	ziraayera
	11/10	ruraayera	ziraayera
	12/14	karaayera	buraayera
	13	—	turaayera
	14/6	buraayera	garaayera
	15/6	kuraayera	garaayera
	16	haraayera	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -aayere
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinaayere	titwayere
second person		tiwaayere	timwayere
third person	1/2	tiyaayere	tibaayere
	3/4	tigwayere	tiyaayere
	5/6	tiryayere	tigaayere
	7/8	tikyayere	tibyayere
	9/10	tiyaayere	tizaayere
	11/10	tirwayere	tizaayere
	12/14	tikaayere	tibwayere
	13	—	titwayere
	14/6	tibwayere	tigaayere
	15/6	tikwayere	tigaayere
	16	tihaayere	—

subject concord + -taayere

remote future

affirmative

*subject concord* + -lyera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		ndyera	tulyera
second person		olyera	mulyera
third person	1/2	alyera	balyera
	3/4	gulyera	eryera
	5/6	liryera	galyera
	7/8	kiryera	biryera
	9/10	eryera	ziryera
	11/10	rulyera	ziryera
	12/14	kalyera	bulyera
	13	—	tulyera
	14/6	bulyera	galyera
	15/6	kulyera	galyera
	16	halyera	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -lyera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tindyera	titulyera
second person		tolyera	timulyera
third person	1/2	talyera	tibalyera
	3/4	tigulyera	teryera
	5/6	tiriryera	tigalyera
	7/8	tikiryera	tibiryera
	9/10	teryera	tiziryera
	11/10	tirulyera	tiziryera
	12/14	tikalyera	tibulyera
	13	—	titulyera
	14/6	tibulyera	tigalyera
	15/6	tikulyera	tigalyera
	16	tihalyera	—

subject concord + -talyera

future habitual

affirmative

*subject concord* + -raayeraga
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		ndaayeraga	turaayeraga
second person		oraayeraga	muraayeraga
third person	1/2	araayeraga	baraayeraga
	3/4	guraayeraga	eraayeraga
	5/6	liraayeraga	garaayeraga
	7/8	kiraayeraga	biraayeraga
	9/10	eraayeraga	ziraayeraga
	11/10	ruraayeraga	ziraayeraga
	12/14	karaayeraga	buraayeraga
	13	—	turaayeraga
	14/6	buraayeraga	garaayeraga
	15/6	kuraayeraga	garaayeraga
	16	haraayeraga	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -aayerege
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinaayerege	titwayerege
second person		tiwaayerege	timwayerege
third person	1/2	tiyaayerege	tibaayerege
	3/4	tigwayerege	tiyaayerege
	5/6	tiryayerege	tigaayerege
	7/8	tikyayerege	tibyayerege
	9/10	tiyaayerege	tizaayerege
	11/10	tirwayerege	tizaayerege
	12/14	tikaayerege	tibwayerege
	13	—	titwayerege
	14/6	tibwayerege	tigaayerege
	15/6	tikwayerege	tigaayerege
	16	tihaayerege	—

subject concord + -taayerege

subjunctive

affirmative

*subject concord* + ere
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nyere	twere
second person		were	mwere
third person	1/2	yere	beere
	3/4	gwere	yere
	5/6	lyere	geere
	7/8	kyere	byere
	9/10	yere	zeere
	11/10	rwere	zeere
	12/14	keere	bwere
	13	—	twere
	14/6	bwere	geere
	15/6	kwere	geere
	16	heere	—

negative

*subject concord* + -teera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nteera	tuteera
second person		oteera	muteera
third person	1/2	ateera	bateera
	3/4	guteera	eteera
	5/6	liteera	gateera
	7/8	kiteera	biteera
	9/10	eteera	ziteera
	11/10	ruteera	ziteera
	12/14	kateera	buteera
	13	—	tuteera
	14/6	buteera	gateera
	15/6	kuteera	gateera
	16	hateera	—

—

subjunctive habitual

affirmative

*subject concord* + erege
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		nyerege	twerege
second person		werege	mwerege
third person	1/2	yerege	beerege
	3/4	gwerege	yerege
	5/6	lyerege	geerege
	7/8	kyerege	byerege
	9/10	yerege	zeerege
	11/10	rwerege	zeerege
	12/14	keerege	bwerege
	13	—	twerege
	14/6	bwerege	geerege
	15/6	kwerege	geerege
	16	heerege	—

hypothetical

affirmative

*subject concord* + -aakwera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		naakwera	twakwera
second person		waakwera	mwakwera
third person	1/2	yaakwera	baakwera
	3/4	gwakwera	yaakwera
	5/6	lyakwera	gaakwera
	7/8	kyakwera	byakwera
	9/10	yaakwera	zaakwera
	11/10	rwakwera	zaakwera
	12/14	kaakwera	bwakwera
	13	—	twakwera
	14/6	bwakwera	gaakwera
	15/6	kwakwera	gaakwera
	16	haakwera	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -aakwera
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinaakwera	titwakwera
second person		tiwaakwera	timwakwera
third person	1/2	tiyaakwera	tibaakwera
	3/4	tigwakwera	tiyaakwera
	5/6	tiryakwera	tigaakwera
	7/8	tikyakwera	tibyakwera
	9/10	tiyaakwera	tizaakwera
	11/10	tirwakwera	tizaakwera
	12/14	tikaakwera	tibwakwera
	13	—	titwakwera
	14/6	tibwakwera	tigaakwera
	15/6	tikwakwera	tigaakwera
	16	tihaakwera	—

subject concord + -taakwera

conditional

affirmative

*subject concord* + -aakwezire
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		naakwezire	twakwezire
second person		waakwezire	mwakwezire
third person	1/2	yaakwezire	baakwezire
	3/4	gwakwezire	yaakwezire
	5/6	lyakwezire	gaakwezire
	7/8	kyakwezire	byakwezire
	9/10	yaakwezire	zaakwezire
	11/10	rwakwezire	zaakwezire
	12/14	kaakwezire	bwakwezire
	13	—	twakwezire
	14/6	bwakwezire	gaakwezire
	15/6	kwakwezire	gaakwezire
	16	haakwezire	—

negative

ti- + *subject concord* + -aakwezire
person	noun class	singular	plural
first person		tinaakwezire	titwakwezire
second person		tiwaakwezire	timwakwezire
third person	1/2	tiyaakwezire	tibaakwezire
	3/4	tigwakwezire	tiyaakwezire
	5/6	tiryakwezire	tigaakwezire
	7/8	tikyakwezire	tibyakwezire
	9/10	tiyaakwezire	tizaakwezire
	11/10	tirwakwezire	tizaakwezire
	12/14	tikaakwezire	tibwakwezire
	13	—	titwakwezire
	14/6	tibwakwezire	tigaakwezire
	15/6	tikwakwezire	tigaakwezire
	16	tihaakwezire	—

subject concord + -taakwezire

¹ The forms in this column are reduced relative forms; full relative forms require an augment before the subject concord.

Derived terms

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -erra
- Short causative: -eza

See also

Colors in Tooro · erangi (layout · text)
-era	kibuubi	-iragura, kikara
-tukura, -nanata	rutanga; kitaka	kyenju
	kijubu, kinyansi
		bururu
	kakobe

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[6], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN

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