gura

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gùra”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004)Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan,→ISBN,page38

Irish

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Etymology

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Particle

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gura (subjunctive copular particle used before consonants,form used before vowelsgurab)

may...be(expressing a wish)
gura fada buan í an Bhanríon ―long live the Queen
gura slán duit ―all health to you
gura maith an mhaise duit é ―may you enjoy it

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Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	–
relative clause	indirect	ar,arb^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur,gurb^v		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba,b’^v	níor,níorbh^v	ar,arbh^v	nár,nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba,ab^v	nár,nárbh^v	–
relative clause	indirect	ar,arbh^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur,gurbh^v		ar,arbh^v	nár,nárbh^v
present subjunctive
–		gura,gurab^v	nára,nárab^v	–

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár,cárb^v		cár,cárbh^v
cé		cér,cérb^v		cér,cérbh^v
dá		–		dá mba,dá mb’^v
de/do		dar,darb^v		dar,darbh^v
faoi		faoinar,faoinarb^v		faoinar,faoinarbh^v
i		inar,inarb^v		inar,inarbh^v
le		lenar,lenarb^v		lenar,lenarbh^v
má		más		mába,máb’^v
mura		mura,murab^v		murar,murarbh^v
ó(preposition)		ónar,ónarb^v		ónar,ónarbh^v
ó(conjunction)		ós		óba,ób’^v
trí		trínar,trínarb^v		trínar,trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈɡu.ra/
Rhymes:-ura
Hyphenation:gu‧ra

Noun

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gura

definitenominative/accusativesingular ofgură

Interjection

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gura

(colloquial, very impolite)zip it!

Rwanda-Rundi

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Verb

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-gura (infinitivekugura,perfective-guze)

Derived terms

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-gurisha(“sell”)
-guza(“borrow, lend”)
ikiguzi(“price, cost”)

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Audio(Kenya): (file)

Verb

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-gura (infinitivekugura)

(dialectal) tomove,go

Conjugation

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Conjugation of-gura

Positive present	-nagura
Subjunctive	-gure
Negative	-guri
Imperative singular	gura

Infinitives

Positive	kugura
Negative	kutogura

Imperatives

Singular	gura
Plural	gureni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hugura
Positive past	positive subject concord + -ligura
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kugura

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagura)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninagura/nagura	tunagura
2nd person		unagura	mnagura
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anagura	wanagura
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nagura

Negative present (negative subject concord + -guri)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		siguri	hatuguri
2nd person		huguri	hamguri
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	haguri	hawaguri
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -guri

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tagura
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tagura

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gure)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nigure	tugure
2nd person		ugure	mgure
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	agure	wagure
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -gure

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sigure
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngegura
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singegura
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngaligura
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singaligura

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agura)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nagura	twagura
2nd person		wagura	mwagura
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	agura	wagura
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wagura	yagura
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lagura	yagura
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chagura	vyagura
	n_(IX/X)	yagura	zagura
	u_(XI)	wagura	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwagura
	pa_(XVI)	pagura
	mu_(XVIII)	mwagura

Perfect	positive subject concord + -megura
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshagura
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jagura
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kigura
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipogura
Consecutive	kagura /positive subject concord + -kagura
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kagure

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nigura	-tugura
2nd person		-kugura	-wagura/-kugureni/-wagureni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mgura	-wagura
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ugura	-igura
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-ligura	-yagura
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kigura	-vigura
	n_(IX/X)	-igura	-zigura
	u_(XI)	-ugura	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kugura
	pa_(XVI)	-pagura
	mu_(XVIII)	-mugura
Reflexive		-jigura

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gura- +relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-guraye	-gurao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-gurao	-gurayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-guralo	-gurayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-guracho	-guravyo
n_(IX/X)	-gurayo	-gurazo
u_(XI)	-gurao	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
ku_(XV/XVII)	-gurako
pa_(XVI)	-gurapo
mu_(XVIII)	-guramo

Other forms (subject concord +tense marker +relative marker + (object concord) + -gura)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yegura	-ogura
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ogura	-yogura
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-logura	-yogura
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chogura	-vyogura
n_(IX/X)	-yogura	-zogura
u_(XI)	-ogura	seen_(X) orma_(VI) class
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kogura
pa_(XVI)	-pogura
mu_(XVIII)	-mogura