bursa

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursa (“purse”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa); compare purse, and bourse, which are doublets.

Noun

bursa (plural bursae or bursæ)

1. (anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

Anagrams

• Baurs

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun

bursa m (genitive singular bursa, nominative plural bursaí)

1. burse; purse

Mutation

References

• "bursa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊ̄rsá]

Noun

bursa

1. (Kanembu) cloud

Further reading

• Francis Jouannet, Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou: langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad: phonématique et prosodie (1982, Paris: SELAF)
• Kakadu Kanembu Kərânei: Kakadu 2 (UNESCO)

Alternative forms

• byrsa

Etymology

Late Latin (4th century); from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.sa/, [ˈbʊr.sa]

Noun

bursa f (genitive bursae); first declension

1. (originally Late Latin) oxhide, animal skin
2. (by extension, Medieval Latin) purse, especially one made of skin or leather
3. (Medieval Latin) supply of money, funds
4. (Medieval Latin) pension

References

• bursa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bursa in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin bursa.
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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpurːsa/

Noun

bursa

1. purse (for money)
2. wallet
3. stock market

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) buorsa

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purse
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) exchange

Noun

bursa f (plural bursas)

1. bursa