Mora
/ˈmɔːrə/noun
A unit of time used in linguistics and poetry, or a small burden/weight in some historical and technical senses.
Did you know?In prosody and phonology, a mora measures syllable weight, so languages can treat a “long” syllable as carrying more time than a short one.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
μορά
“delay, pause, or stay”
Latin
Lat
mora
“delay, hindrance, pause”
Old French
OF
mora
“delay”
Middle English
ME
mora
“delay or pause”
Modern English
Eng
mora
“a unit of syllable weight in linguistics”