кире

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gErü (“back”).

Cognate with Old Turkic kerü "back", Kazakh кері (keri), Kyrgyz кери (keri), Turkish geri (“back”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲi.ˈrɪ̞]
  • 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

Erzya

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish kerä.

Noun

кире • (kire)

  1. ball of string
  2. lump
    Кирьга парентень куйсь чапамо кире!
    Kirʹga parentenʹ kujsʹ čapamo kire!
    I got the lump in the throat feeling.
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