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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