Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *śeľmə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *śilmä (eye). Cognates include Finnish silmä, Northern Sami čalbmi, Western Mari шинча (šinča), Komi-Permyak син (śin), Hungarian szem.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

сельме (śeľme)

  1. (anatomy) eye
    сельме валдоśeľme valdosight
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 20:
      I meks ton vanat pitska lanks seľmse bratot tońt, a tonset seľmset šotško a nejat?
      Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

Declension edit

References edit

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  • Entry #964 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Definite paradigm of Erzya сельме (śeľme) in Cygankin, D. V. (1980) Grammatika mordovskix jazykov. Fonetika, grafika, orfografija, morfologija [Mordvinic grammar] (in Russian), Saransk, page 225

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *śeľmə, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognates include Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

сельме (śeľmä)

  1. (anatomy) eye
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 106
      Кяжи валсь – сельмос салсь
      Käži valś – śeľmos salś
      [An] evil word [is like] salt in [one's] eyes
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      азомс сельмос
      azoms śeľmos
      to say [something] to [someone's] face (lit. "in eyes")
      сельмода-сельмос
      śeľmoda - śeľmos
      from eye to eye
      тетькомс сельмот
      ťeťkoms śeľmot
      to lay [one's] eyes [on something]
    • Oahpa, University of Tromsø
      вача сельмокс ярхцай
      vača śeľmoks jarhcaj
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
      сельмонь каяма
      śeľmoń kajama
      envy
    • Безбородов М. И. Сочиненият 1-це томсь (1939), page 102
      Сельме ведьняса // Пяшкодсть сельмоне.
      Śeľme veďńasa // Päškodsť śeľmońe .
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 52
      Монь сярядихть сельмоне
      Moń śaŕaďihť śeľmońe
      My eyes hurt
    • V. F. ROGOŽINA (2011) Mokšeń käľsa obščeobrazovaťeľnaj školatńenďi biologijań ťerminoń valks [Moksha dictionary of biological terms for general education schools], Syktyvkar, Iževsk, Joškar Ola, Saransk, Badačonʹtomaj: Associacija finno-ugorskix universitetov, →ISBN
      Сложнай сельмось — Сложный глаз — Ламоц насекомайхнень специальнай – эсь лацонь сельмосна (..)
      Složnaj śeľmoś — Složnij glaz — Lamoc naśekomajhńeń spećiaľnaj – eś lacoń śeľmosna (..)
      Compound eye — Compound eye [in Russian] — Specific, characteristic [type of] eyes of most insects (..)

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