Karelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *parma, compare Finnish paarma.

Noun

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puarma (genitive puarman, partitive puarmua)

  1. horsefly (Tabanidae spp.)

References

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  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “poarma”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN