kurr

From Old Norse kurr (“growling”), of imitative origin.

• IPA^(key): /kʰʏrː/
• Rhymes: -ʏrː

kurr n (genitive singular kurrs, no plural)

1. coo (murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon)

• kurra

kurr m (genitive singular kurrs, no plural)

1. grumbling

kurr m

1. boy
2. son, (male) child

   Te çend kurr hene?

   How many boys do you have?

• IPA^(key): /kɵr/
• Rhymes: -ɵr

From the verb kurra (“to rumble”), from Old Norse kurr (“growling”), of imitative origin. The Norse word was borrowed into Middle English curre (“aggressive dog”).

kurr c

1. a rumble, a small rumbling sound, usually from the stomach

From Tavringer Romani kura (“to hit, to punch”), from Romani kur- (“to hit, to beat, to fight”). Related to Sanskrit कुट्टयति (kuṭṭayati, “to pound, to strike”).

kurr n

1. (colloquial) a fight, a scrimmage, a scuffle

• råkurr

• kurr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Gerd Carling (2005), “kurr”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 88