Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *kirda, ultimately borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kerdā; compare Latvian kārta (layer; turn). Possibly via Proto-Finno-Volgaic *kerta, whence Proto-Finnic *kërta (time, occasion).

Sometimes also parsed as a doublet of Erzya кортамс (kortams, to talk); compare Finnish kertoa (to tell).

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Noun edit

кирда (kirda)

  1. turn
  2. habit, manner
  3. party, feast
  4. layer
  5. time
    Кавтонь кирда кавто карми ниле.
    Kavtoń kirda kavto karmi ńiľe.
    Two times two is four.
    ламонь кирдаlamoń kirdamany times

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