Erzya edit

 
Анксема.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *aŋa- (to loosen, open (up), untie). Cognate with Finnish avanto (ice hole), avata (to open), Northern Mansi [script needed] (āŋkwi, to open, to take off, to skin), Northern Khanty эӈкта (eṇkta, to open, to take off, to unfasten), Hungarian old (to solve, to untie).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

анксема (ankśema)

  1. ice hole, hole in the ice

Declension edit

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “анксема”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #16 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.