Erzya

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Erzya cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : кавксо (kavkso)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *kavksə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *kakteksa (eight). Cognates include Finnish kahdeksan, Livonian kōdõks, Kildin Sami ка̄ххц (kāxxc).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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кавксо (kavkso)

  1. eight
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke[1], page 237:
      Сесэ ульнесь колоньгемень кавксо іеть сэредиця ломань.
      One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Declension

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кавксо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  • Entry #1264 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.