кэ̄рр

Kildin Sami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛːrː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *kërës, compare Northern Sami garas.

Adjective

кэ̄рр (kērr) (predicative кэ̄рас)

1. hard (not soft)
2. rude, rough
3. tough
4. strict, severe, harsh

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kɛ̮̀ras”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• G. M. Kert (1986) V. V. Vinokurova, E. N. Samojlova, editors, Словарь саамско-русский и русско-саамский [Sámi-Russian and Russian-Sámi dictionary], Ленинград: Просвещение
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 148
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “кэ̄рас”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Etymology 2

From earlier кэрр (kerr), from Proto-Samic *kërë, from Proto-Uralic [Term?], compare Northern Sami garra and Skolt Sami kõrr.

Noun

кэ̄рр (kērr)

1. rind
2. bark (of trees)

   Synonym: па̄ҏҏк (pār̥r̥k)

3. crust
4. cover (front and back of a book or a magazine)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kɛ̮rr”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “кэ̄рр”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[4], Русский язык, page 148