kora

Verb

1. to shoo away, send someone off, dismiss. <> gargaɗi, misali dabbobi.
2. shan ruwa ko giya ko taba da sauri.
   • Synonym: kwankwaɗa

Noun

Tilo kora

Jam'i kore-kore

f

1. gargaɗar abu da kara ko da magana don ya tafi ya ba da wuri ko don ya zakuɗa.
2. sallama daga aiki. <> firing, layoff, employee termination.
3. zawayi ko gudawa. <> diarrhea.

Noun 2

f

1. ƙazuwar kai wadda take hana suma fitowa.
2. ƙamfa.

Bargery's definition

kora.

I. [ko/"r+a/+].

1. {v.tr.1a; ko/+r+o/+ (2e.ii); ko/"r+u+ (3a.ii)}. Drive away; drive off. (Cf. bunka; burduma; burtuma; 'da'duma; dibga; fafara; furga'da; furgaga; furtuma; ruga; runkaka; runtuma; sasuk'a; sasuma; sulmiya; surmiya; sink'aka; wawara.)

2. {n.f.}.

(a) {4e kora I.1}. A driving away. e.g. [ko/"r+ra/+ da" ha+li/+ ta/+ fi+ ko/"r+a/+ da" sa"nda/+], being driven away by black looks, an unfriendly bearing, &c., is harder to bear than being driven away with blows.

(b) Diarrhoea. (= gudawa; zawo; tsartaki.)

(c) girman korar rami = girman kushewa, the growth of a lad in apparent perfect health till about seven years of age and then his dying in his first illness.

(d) ya/ samu k., he (a buyer) got the better of the seller (or vice versa). (= taushi.)

II. [ko/r+a"].

1. {v.tr.2c}.

(a) Drive animal, &c., in front of oneself. {ko/+r+o/+ (2e. vi); ko/"r+u+ (3a.ii)}.

(b) na/ kora masa zomo, I finished my share of the work before he finished his.

(c) ya/ k. ruwa, he drank water.

(d) ya/ k. taba, he smoked tabacco he took a pinch of snuff, &c.

2. {v.intr.3c}. aiki ya/ k., the work has progressed. (= gudana.)

III. [ko/+r+a"] {4d kora II. 1}.

IV. [ko/r+a/] {n.f.}.

1. A scalp disease (impetigo?).

2. A horny excrescence on the head of a fully grown guinea-fowl. e.g. ya/ fasa k. (i) it (a guinea-fowl) has become fully grown; (ii) he (a man) has become wealthy, influential.

3. A space between two columns of native verse.

4. Failure to germinate (seeds). (= kamfa.)

5. A method of plaiting grass mats.

6. Sores mnade on a horse by spurs. (= koso; cf. jingine.)