киррьй

Akkala Sami

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Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ākkē, from Proto-Finnic *kirja, from unknown origin.

Related to Finnish kirja (“book”), cognates include Northern Sami girji and Skolt Sami ǩeʹrjj.

Noun

киррьй (kirr’j)

1. decorative pattern, design

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 81