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): [kʲe.ˈɾɪ̞]
  • 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

    From Proto-Finno-Permic *kerä (bunch, bundle, spool). Cognate to Finnish kerä, Estonian kera, Livonian kierā.

    Noun

    кире • (kiŕe)

    1. ball of string
    2. lump
      кирьга парентень куйсь чапамо кире
      kiŕga paŕenťeń kujś čapamo kiŕe
      I got the lump in the throat feeling

    Tatar

    Etymology

    From Common Turkic *gErü (back).

    Adverb

    кире • (kire)

    1. back
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