puarma

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *parma, compare Finnish paarma.

Noun

puarma (genitive puarman, partitive puarmua)

1. horsefly (Tabanidae spp.)

References

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “poarma”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN