кемирӱ

Southern Altai

Alternative forms

• кӧмӱрӱ (kömürü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *köpür (“bridge”). Cognate with Kazakh көпір (köpır), Kyrgyz көпүрө (köpürö), Crimean Tatar köpür, Kumyk кёпюр (köpür), Azerbaijani körpü, Turkish köprü, Turkmen köpri, Tuvan көвүрүг (kövürüg), Tofa кеъприғ, etc.

Noun

кемирӱ • (kemirü)

1. (small) Bridge, footbridge
2. Captain's bridge

Related terms

• кӱр (kür)

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “кемирӱ”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN