ча̄рр

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