abura
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Yoruba abùrà.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjʊ.ɹə/
(US) IPA(key): /əˈbjʊ.ɹə/, /əˈbʊ.ɹə/
=== Noun ===
abura (plural aburas)
Any tree of species of genus Mitragyna, from the family Rubiaceae:
A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna stipulosa (syn. M. macrophylla, nom. illeg.).[First attested in the mid 20th century.]
A large-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna ledermannii (syn. Mitragyna ciliata)
The soft pale wood from the abura tree. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
==== Translations ====
=== References ===
Irvine, F. R. (1961), Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[1], London: Oxford University Press, pages 685, 838
=== Anagrams ===
Aruba, Barua
== Galician ==
=== Verb ===
abura
inflection of aburar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
abura
Rōmaji transcription of あぶら
== Yilan Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
From Japanese あぶら (abura, “oil”).
=== Noun ===
abura
oil
gasoline
=== References ===
真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015), “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in 奈良大学紀要 [Memoirs of Nara University][2] (in Japanese), number 43
林愷娣 [Lin Kaidi] (2022), A basic description of Yilan Creole phonology: with a special focus on the Aohua dialect[3] (Unpublished thesis)