Erzya edit

Etymology edit

Probably a back-formation from Erzya чачомс (čačoms, to be born).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

чачо (čačo)

  1. face
    Synonym: чама (čama)
  2. person
    Synonym: ломань (lomań)
  3. identity
    чачонь кемекстамо конёвčačoń kemekstamo końovan identification document
  4. facial expression, look, mien, appearance
  5. shape, form
  6. figure
    Synonym: фигура (figura)
  7. color
    Synonym: тюс (ťus)

Declension edit

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чачо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #95 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.