карыыр

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *karï- (“to grow old”). Cognate with Kyrgyz карыр (karır), Uzbek qarir, Khakas кирир (kirir), Tuvan кырыыр (kırıır), Yakut кырыйар (kırıyar); etc.

Verb

карыыр • (karïïr)

1. (unaccusative) to grow old

   карып калар ― karïp kalar ― to grow old, perfectively

See also

• эскирер (eskirer, “to become obsolete”)

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “карыыр”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN