Udmurt

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Etymology

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From Proto-Permic *ku̇ni, from Proto-Uralic *kude-. Cognates include Komi-Zyrian кыны (kyny) and Komi-Permyak кыны (kyny).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kuɯ̈ˈnɯ̈]
  • Hyphenation: куы‧ны

Verb

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куыны (kuyny)

  1. to weave
  2. (dialectal) to braid, to plait

Conjugation

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References

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  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “куыны”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 364
  • 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 129