Udmurt

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Быж. (1)
 
Быж. (2)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Permic *bȯž, from Proto-Uralic *ponče. Cognates include Western Mari пач (pač).

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian бӧж (böž), Komi-Permyak бӧж (böž) and Komi-Yazva бӱж (büž).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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быж (byž)

  1. tail
  2. (dialectal) inflow, tributary

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “быж”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 91
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 25