Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Morphologically from ава (ava, woman) +‎ -фтома (-ftoma, without [abessive suffix]).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

авафтома (avaftoma)

  1. indefinite singular abessive of ава (ava)

Adjective edit

авафтома (avaftoma)

  1. widowed (relating to a person who has lost their wife)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      вдовец — авафтома аля
      vdovec — avaftoma aľa
      widower [in Russian] — widower (lit. "widowed man")