кире

Bashkir

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kerü (“back”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰼𐰇 (kerü, “back, backward”); Kazakh кері (kerı), Kyrgyz кери (keri), Turkish geri (“back, backward”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲe.ˈɾɪ̞]
• Hyphenation: ки‧ре

Adjective

кире • (kire)

1. (direction) back, reverse, return
2. opposite, contrary
3. negative
4. obstinate, stubborn, contrarious

Adverb

кире • (kire)

1. (direction) back, backward, in the reverse direction
2. (past status) back, to/toward a status or position which occurred in the past

Derived terms

• киреһенсә (kirehensə)

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *kerä (“bunch, bundle, spool”). Cognate to Finnish kerä, Estonian kera, Livonian kierā.

Noun

кире • (kiŕe)

1. ball of string
2. lump

   Кирьга парентень куйсь чапамо кире.

   Kiŕga paŕeńťeń kujś čapamo kiŕe .

   I got the lump in the throat feeling.

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кире”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #285 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Tatar

Etymology

From Common Turkic *gErü (“back”).

Adverb

кире • (kire)

1. back