Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *ašə, from Proto-Uralic *ačka (gray? white?). Cognates include Moksha акша (akša), Eastern Mari ош (), ошо (ošo) and possibly Finnish haahka.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ашо (ašo)

  1. white
    ашо тюсašo ťuswhite color

Noun edit

ашо (ašo)

  1. white, whiteness
  2. ruble

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Colors in Erzya · тюст (ťust) (layout · text)
     ашо (ašo)      макшас (makšas)      раужо (raužo)
             якстере (jaksťeŕe); вединзей (veďinźej)              тюжа (ťuža)              ожо (ožo); ожоза (ožoza) ожола (ožola)
             пижожо (pižožo) пижела (pižela)              пиже (piže)             
                          сэняжа (seńaža)              сэнь (seń)
             уроске (uroske); сэньгере (seńgeŕe)                          

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ашо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
  • Entry #2 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.