Erzya edit

 
Лёмзёркс.

Etymology edit

Derived from Erzya лём (ľom). Ultimately from Proto-Uralic *ďëme (black cherry, bird cherry); compare Finnish tuomi.

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Noun edit

лёмзёркс (ľomźorks)

  1. bird cherry (also called hagberry, hackberry), a cherry tree native to northern Eurasia
    Synonym: лём чувто (ľom čuvto)

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лёмзёркс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #122 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.