кӣрре

Kildin Sami

Кӣрре

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kierrē, likely of substrate origin. Cognates include Skolt Sami skeeʹrri, Northern Sami skierri and Southern Sami skierrie.

Noun

кӣрре (kīrrje)

1. dwarf birch (Betula nana)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• 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 110
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kīr̜̀r̜eⁱ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 504