кӹшкӹ

Western Mari

Кӹшкӹ.

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *kĭškə, ultimately from Proto-Uralic *kije. Cognates include Eastern Mari кишке (kiške).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkə̈ʃkə̈/
• Rhymes: -ə̈ʃkə̈
• Hyphenation: кӹш‧кӹ

Noun

кӹшкӹ • (kÿškÿ)

1. snake

References

• Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “кӹшкӹ”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
• K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 100