uurre

From Proto-Finnic *uurdëk. Equivalent to uurtaa (“to groove, furrow”) +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːrːeˣ/, [ˈuːrːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uːrːe
• Hyphenation^(key): uur‧re

uurre

1. furrow, line (deep wrinkle, such as in the skin of the face, especially on someone's forehead)

   Väsyneenä hänen otsalleen ilmestyi syvä uurre.

   When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.

2. rut (track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road)
3. (geology) groove, striation (scratch or gouge cut into bedrock by glacial abrasion)

• ura
• uurros
• uurto

• “uurre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

From Proto-Finnic *uurdëk. Cognates include Finnish uurre and Estonian uure.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈuːrːe/, [ˈuːrː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈuːrːe/, [ˈuːrːe̞]
• Rhymes: -uːrː, -uːrːe
• Hyphenation: uur‧re

uurre

1. groove

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 627