piir'

See also: piir

Võro

Alternative forms

  • piiŕ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *piiri, from Proto-Uralic *pire, see there for further etymology.

Cognates include Finnish piiri (“ring; region, area”), Estonian piir, Livvi piirdiä (“to draw lines”), Votic piiri (“line”), Livonian pīr (might be borrowed from Estonian); Northern Sami birra (“around”), Inari Sami pirrâ, Kildin Sami пырр (pyrr) (from Proto-Samic *pirë); Erzya пире (piŕe, “(enclosed) vegetable garden”), перька (peŕka, “around”), пирявкс (piŕavks, “fence”), Moksha перямс (peŕams, “to fence in, enclose”), перьф (peŕf, “around”), перя (peŕa, “fence”); possibly also Komi-Zyrian бор (bor, “border, garden”).

Pronunciation

Eesti lõunõhummogupiir'
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲiːrʲ/
  • Hyphenation: piir'

Noun

piir' (genitive piiri, partitive piiri)

  1. limit
  2. border, boundary
    Eesti–Läti piir' ― the Estonian-Latvian border
    Tallõ piir' oll' oja pääl. ― The border between the farmsteads was a creek.
    Tõmbas piiri hindä ja alambidõ vaihõlõ. ― He draws a boundary between himself and his subordinates.

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