нармунь
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *narməń. The further etymology is unclear. Potentially from the same onomatopoeic root as Estonian -näär, Finnish närhi, Votic näri, näre.
Akin to Moksha нармонь (narmoń).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
нармунь • (narmuń)
- bird
- уиця нармунь ― ujića narmuń ― a swimming bird
Declension edit
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References edit
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “нармунь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN