кемирӱ

Southern Altai

Alternative forms

  • кӧмӱрӱ (kömürü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *köpür (“bridge”). Cognate with Kazakh көпір (köpır), Kyrgyz көпүрө (köpürö), Crimean Tatar köpür, Kumyk кёпюр (köpür), Azerbaijani körpü, Turkish köprü, Turkmen köpri, Tuvan көвүрүг (kövürüg), Tofa кеъприғ, etc.

Noun

кемирӱ • (kemirü)

  1. (small) Bridge, footbridge
  2. Captain's bridge

References

Čumakajev, A. E., editor (2018), “кемирӱ”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

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