Western Mari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mari *liwə, from Proto-Uralic *lämpi. Cognates include Eastern Mari леве (ĺeve).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ливӹ (ĺivÿ)

  1. warm

References

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  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “ливӹ”, 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 340