ча̄рр

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čearō. Cognates include Northern Sami čearru and Skolt Sami čeärr.

Noun

ча̄рр (čārr)

1. tundra

   Synonym: тӯндар (tūndar)

   • 22-05-2020, Геннадий Лукин, “Суммь я̄лл са̄мен”, in Rus4All‎^[1], archived from the original on 21-05-2022:

     Е̄ррка куэссь са̄мь ӣлленҍ ча̄рэсьт, ва̄ресьт, я̄вьр рынтэсьт.

     Jierrka kuess’ sām’ jilljen’ čāres’t, vārjes’t, jeav’r ryntes’t.

     A long ago, when Sámi lived in tundra, in forest, on lake beach.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• 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 387
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland