по̄ррэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *porëtēk, from Proto-Uralic *pore- (“to bite”). Cognates include Estonian purema (“to bite”), Northern Sami borrat and Skolt Sami poorrâd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːrːɛ/

Verb

по̄ррэ (pōrre)

1. to eat

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• по̄ррмушш (pōrrmušš)
• по̄рэшкуэдтӭ (pōreškuedt’e)

 

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “pòrrɐᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'pòrrɐᵟ'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 396
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “по̄ррэ”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway