по̄ррэ

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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)

  1. 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 [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 396
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “по̄ррэ”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway