киррьй

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kir̄́j according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ākkē, from Proto-Finnic *kirja, from unknown origin.

Related to Finnish kirja (book), cognates include Northern Sami girji and Skolt Sami ǩeʹrjj.

Pronunciation

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Noun

киррьй (kirr’j)

  1. decorative pattern, design

Inflection

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Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 81