Wiktionary

чова

Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *čəva~*šəva, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čupa (“lean, thin”). Cognate with Moksha шуваня (šuvańa), Finnish hupa, huvi, Estonian and Veps huba, Hungarian sovány.

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

чова • (čova)

  1. thin
    Synonym: човине (čovińe)

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чова”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #119 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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