Western Mari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mari *jŭmə, from Proto-Uralic *juma, ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyumā́. Cognates include Eastern Mari юмо (jumo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjəmə/
  • Rhymes: -əmə
  • Hyphenation: йы‧мы

Noun

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йымы (jymy)

  1. God
  2. god, idol

References

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  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “йымы”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN