Erzya edit

 
Мекш цеця лангсо.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *mekš, inherited from Proto-Uralic *mekše.

Cognates include Moksha меш (meš), Finnish mehiläinen, Eastern Mari мӱкш (mükš), Komi-Permyak мош (moš), Hungarian méh.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

мекш (mekš)

  1. bee

Declension edit

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “мекш”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #534 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.