валдо
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *valdə, from Proto-Uralic *wëlketa. Cognates include Moksha валда (valda), Finnish valkea, Western Mari валгыды (valgydy) and Hungarian világ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
валдо • (valdo)
- light
- чипаень валдо ― čipajeń valdo ― the sunlight
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 10:
- Lomat ozadoź tšopodava nejeźt pokš valdo
- The people living in darkness have seen a great light
Declension edit
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Adjective edit
валдо • (valdo)
- light
- валдо шпалерт ― valdo špaľert ― light wallpaper
- bright
- нупалесь ульнесь вишка, ялатеке валдо ― nupaľeś uľńeś viška, jalaťeke valdo ― the room was small but bright
References edit
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
- Entry #1111 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.