Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from a Sinitic source.

Cognate with Tatar, Kazakh, Uyghur шама (şama), Kyrgyz чама (cama), Uzbek shama, etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʂɑ.ˈmɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ша‧ма

Noun edit

шама (şama)

  1. tea leaves left after tea is brewed and served

Declension edit

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Permic *šamɜ (shape, face). Probably related to Finnish haamu, hahmo.

Noun edit

шама (šama)

  1. (anatomy) face

References edit

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN