киррьй

Akkala Sami

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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

Noun

киррьй (kirr’j)

  1. decorative pattern, design

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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
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