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): [kʲi.ˈrɪ̞]
  • 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

References

    Erzya

    Etymology

    Cognate with Finnish kerä.

    Noun

    кире • (kire)

    1. ball of string
    2. lump
      Кирьга парентень куйсь чапамо кире!
      Kirʹga parentenʹ kujsʹ čapamo kire!
      I got the lump in the throat feeling.
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