puarma

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *parma, compare Finnish paarma.

Noun

puarma (genitive puarman, partitive puarmua)

  1. horsefly (Tabanidae spp.)

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