pura
/pura/
Balkar word
1. rotten dust, punk, crumbled dry matter — The crumbled remains of rotted wood, dry grass, burnt paper and the like: terekni purası "the rotten dust of a tree". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989, Suyunchev and Urusbiev 1965 and Nevruz 1991 label this word Balkar, but Guzeev 1996–2005 and Guzeev 2013 give it unmarked.
- terekni purası — the rotten dust of a tree
- qurğaq pura — dry punk
- töŋekni purası — the rotten dust of a stump
- purası ağa turğan ağaç — wood with its rotten dust pouring out
2. rotten, decayed (of wood) — Used before a noun: pura ağaç "rotten wood", pura turuq "a rotten post".
- pura ağaç — rotten wood
- pura turuq — a rotten post
- içi pura bolsa — if its inside is rotten
- pura turuqla oğuna mıstıdıla — even the rotten posts are musty
No tables are shown for Balkar meanings: the forms on this site are built by Karachay rules.