Erzya edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *läkkä- (to breathe). Compare Finnish läkähtää, läkähtyä, Estonian läkatama.

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

лексемс (ľekśems) (present лекси, past лексесь)

  1. to breathe
    лексемс судонь пачкľekśems sudoń pačkto breathe through the nose

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лексемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1367 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.