girrko

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English circe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “Lord”). Samic cognates include Northern Sami girku and Southern Sami gærhkoe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkirːʰko/, [ˈkirr̥ko]

Noun

girrko

  1. church

References
  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press
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