Erzya edit

 
Лопат.

Etymology edit

Possibly an old Baltic loanword; compare Latgalian lopa, Latvian lapa (leaf).

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Noun edit

лопа (lopa)

  1. leaf
    Чувттнэстэ зярс эзь пра вейкеяк лопа.
    Čuvttneste źars eź pra vejkejak lopa .
    Not a single leaf has fallen from the trees yet.
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 91:
      Sajede primer smokvań tšuvtosto; źardo taradanzo sońze už tševtemit i lopat noldavit, seste sodasynk, meks malaso kize tši.
      Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
  2. page
    конёвонь лопаkońovoń lopaa sheet of paper

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лопа”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

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Noun edit

лопа (lopa)

  1. leaf