girrko
Pite Sami
Etymology
From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English circe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “Lord”). Samic cognates include Northern Sami girku and Southern Sami gærhkoe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkirːʰko/, [ˈkirr̥ko]
Noun
girrko
- church
References
- Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press