Moksha edit

 
Финнонь веле.

Etymology edit

According to UEW, from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Finno-Volgaic] *wilwä (herd; mass).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /vʲelʲæ/

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Noun edit

веле (veľe)

  1. village, hamlet
  2. settlement

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 46
  2. ^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Further reading edit

  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of веле (veľe) in O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 56