to purr (produce a vibrating, whirring sound, especially when satisfied) · to produce a “healthy” sound that indicates good function
çekim: geçmiş schnurrte · ortaç geschnurrt · şimdiki schnurrt · ulaç schnurrend
köken: From Middle High German snurren, ablaut variant of snarren (whence modern schnarren), ultimately of imitative origin (lautmalend); compare Dutch snorren, as well as English snarl. Pfeifer ultimately connects these terms to an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *(s)nur- (“to grumble, growl”), and adduces nörgeln (“to nag, grumble”) as a cognate.
aile: Schnurrbart, Schnurrhaar
Unsere Katze schnurrt immer, wenn sie merkt, dass ihr Fressen vorbereitet wird.
to spin (to make yarn) · to spin (spider, caterpillars etc.) · to purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat)
çekim: geçmiş spandt · ortaç spundet · ulaç spindende
köken: From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Swedish and Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.
to purr (to make a quiet, vibrating noise in their throat)
çekim: geçmiş murrāja · ortaç murrājis · şimdiki murrā
köken: From the same source as murdēt and murmināt: Proto-Baltic *mur-, from Proto-Indo-European *mur-, an stem that represents voice-like noises, perhaps from *mew-, *mū- “wet; dirty wetness, moisture; to wash” with an extra r.
kaķene murrā skaļi un omulīgi
guļ nobarojies runcis, aizmirsis ķert peles un žurkas, bet tikai slinki murrā
kā kaķis maigi murrājot, jūra skalo viļņus pret smilšu sēri