Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Uralic *lapa (compare Finnish lapa (shoulder (the region around the shoulder blade)) or onomatopoeic. Replaced Proto-Finno-Ugric *wolka.

Noun edit

лафту (laftu)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

References edit

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN