jira

Cognates include Minica Huitoto jira and Nüpode Huitoto jira.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiɾa]
• Hyphenation: ji‧ra

jira

1. because of
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:1, page 5:

     Jesucristo rafuena omoɨmo cue lloiacana jira, naimɨe comɨnɨna nano lloitɨcue.

     Because of my wanting to tell you of the story of Jesus Christ, I will first tell of his people.

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 137
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 156

jira

1. lion

   Synonym: blɛkpɔɔ

From jirón.

jira f (plural jiras)

1. a large piece torn from a fabric

jira f (plural jiras)

1. picnic

• “jira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Hindi जीरा (jīrā), from Sanskrit जीरक (jīraka).

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jira (n class, plural jira)

1. cumin (seeds used as a spice)