-kır

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *-kir.

Suffix

-kır

1. Forms imitative verbs from onomatopoeia.

   ‎fış (“water flowing sound”) + ‎-kır → ‎fışkır- (“to gush out”)

   ‎hapşu (“achoo!”) + ‎-kır → ‎hapşırmak (“to sneeze”)

   ‎tüh (“spitting sound”) + ‎-kır → ‎tükürmek (“to spit”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+kIr-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük