вишка
Erzya
editAlternative forms
edit- вешка (veška)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Mordvinic *väžə (suffixed with *-kV), inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *wäšä (“small, little”). Cognate with Finnish vähä, Estonian vähe, väike.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editвишка • (viška)
- small
- Synonym: вишкине (viškińe)
- Лей куншкасо ульнесь вишка усия.
- Ľej kunškaso uľńeś viška uśija.
- There was a small island in the middle of the river.
References
edit- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вишка”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1701 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.