Contionary:sirm

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Yassi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognates include Estonian silm, Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem. The plural obviously does not represent an old Uralic plural, but a dual *śilmä-k.

Pronunciation

  • Upper Yas River: [sirm]
  • Lower Yas River: [sirm]

Noun

sirm (plural sirmǝy)

  1. eye