кизэ
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *kizə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kesä. Cognates include Moksha киза (kiza), Finnish kesä, Estonian kesa, Northern Sami geassi and Kildin Sami ке̄ссь (kiess’).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
кизэ • (kize)
- summer
- Кизэ мельга сы сёксь.
- Kize meľga si śokś.
- After summer comes autumn.
References edit
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кизэ”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1304 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.