piir'

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *piiri, from Proto-Uralic *pire, see there for further etymology.

Cognates include Finnish piiri (ring; region, area), Estonian piir, Livvi piirdiä (to draw lines), Votic piiri (line), Livonian pīr (might be borrowed from Estonian); Northern Sami birra (around), Inari Sami pirrâ, Kildin Sami пырр (pyrr) (from Proto-Samic *pirë); Erzya пире (piŕe, (enclosed) vegetable garden), перька (peŕka, around), пирявкс (piŕavks, fence), Moksha перямс (peŕams, to fence in, enclose), перьф (peŕf, around), перя (peŕa, fence); possibly also Komi-Zyrian бор (bor, border, garden).

Pronunciation

Eesti lõunõhummogupiir'
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲiːrʲ/
  • Hyphenation: piir'

Noun

piir' (genitive piiri, partitive piiri)

  1. limit
  2. border, boundary
    Eesti–Läti piir'the Estonian-Latvian border
    Tallõ piir' oll' oja pääl.The border between the farmsteads was a creek.
    Tõmbas piiri hindä ja alambidõ vaihõlõ.He draws a boundary between himself and his subordinates.

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