кемирӱ
Southern Altai
Alternative forms
- кӧмӱрӱ (kömürü)
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *köpür (“bridge”). Cognate with Kazakh көпір (köpir), Kyrgyz көпүрө (köpürö), Crimean Tatar köpür, Kumyk кёпюр (köpür), Azerbaijani körpü, Turkish köprü, Turkmen köpri, Tuvan көвүрүг (kövürüg), Tofa кеъприғ, etc.
Noun
кемирӱ • (kemirü)
- (small) Bridge, footbridge
- Captain's bridge
Related terms
- кӱр (kür)
References
Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “кемирӱ”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN