Erzya

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Анксема.

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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анксема (ankśema)

  1. ice hole, hole in the ice

Declension

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References

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  • 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.