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Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *porëtēk, from Proto-Uralic *pore- (“to bite”). Cognates include Estonian purema (“to bite”), Northern Sami borrat and Skolt Sami poorrâd.
Pronunciation
Verb
по̄ррэ (pōrre)
- to eat
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “pòrrɐᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'pòrrɐᵟ'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 396
- A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “по̄ррэ”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь, Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway