kūora

From Proto-Finnic *korva. Cognate with Finnish korva, Estonian kõrv.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːorɑ/, [ˈkuˑo̯rɑ]

kūora

1. ear (hearing organ)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kūora”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

     īdst kūorast sizzõl, tuoizõst ulzõ

     to go in one ear and out the other

     kūora tagān pānda

     to note something for future reference (lit. "to put behind one's ear")

     kūorad pistõ ajjõ

     to prick up one's ears

     kūora vīngõb

     [my] ear is ringing

     kūora um vizās

     [my] ear is popped (lit. "ear is closed")

     kūorad sadābõd vizzõ

     [your] ears get popped (lit. "ears become closed")

     ta äb nustā mittõ kuorrõ

     he pretends not to hear (lit. "he won't lift an ear")

     se lekš tikkiž min kūorastõ piddõz

     I wasn't paying attention, I missed all of it (lit. "it all went past my ear")

     ma kūliz siedā pūol kūoraks

     I heard it through the grapevine (lit. "I heard it with half of an ear")

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kūora”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra