kuuro.
deaf (unable to hear)
Meaning & usage
deaf (unable to hear)
deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)
Where this word comes from
Somehow from Proto-Finnic *kurdëh ~ *kurnëh ~ *kurnës (difficult to reconstruct due to seemingly irregular sound changes, but compare dialectal kuurne, Estonian kurt, Karelian kuurnis, Ludian kuurniž, Veps kurdiž, Võro kurt'), probably borrowed from Baltic (compare Latvian kurls (“deaf”) and Lithuanian kurtus, kurčias). See the Proto-Finnic entry for more details.
rain shower, shower
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kuuro (compare Karelian kuuro- in kuuropeä, Veps kuro, Votic kuuro), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, rain shower”) (compare Swedish skur, English shower).
deaf person
Where this word comes from
Somehow from Proto-Finnic *kurdëh ~ *kurnëh ~ *kurnës (difficult to reconstruct due to seemingly irregular sound changes, but compare dialectal kuurne, Estonian kurt, Karelian kuurnis, Ludian kuurniž, Veps kurdiž, Võro kurt'), probably borrowed from Baltic (compare Latvian kurls (“deaf”) and Lithuanian kurtus, kurčias). See the Proto-Finnic entry for more details.
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