Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *kaswa- (to grow, develop). Cognate with Finnish kasvaa, Estonian kasvama and possibly Eastern Mari кушкаш (kuškaš).

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

касомс (kasoms)

  1. to grow

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “касомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #250 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Permic *kaswa-. Cognates include Finnish kasvaa, Estonian kasvama. Speculated to be an Indo-European borrowing (compare Lithuanian aukštas,[1] Latvian augsts (high)).

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Verb edit

касомс (kasəms)

  1. (intransitive) to grow
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      расти — касомс
      rasťi — kasoms
      to grow [in Russian] — to grow
    • V. F. ROGOŽINA (2011) Mokšeń käľsa obščeobrazovaťeľnaj školatńenďi biologijań ťerminoń valks [Moksha dictionary of biological terms for general education schools], Syktyvkar, Iževsk, Joškar Ola, Saransk, Badačonʹtomaj: Associacija finno-ugorskix universitetov, →ISBN
      Болотась — Болото — (..) коса касыхть эсь лацонь касыкст.
      Bolotaś — Boloto — (..) kosa kasihť eś lacoń kasikst.
      Swamp — Swamp [in Russian] — (..) where plants characteristic of it grow.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ kasvama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012