меште

Erzya

Авань меште.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *mäšťə. Possibly a compound of ме- (me-) +‎ -ште (-šťe, [suffix?]), both of unknown origin.

See also Moksha мяште (mäšťe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meʃtʲe/
• Hyphenation: меш‧те

Noun

меште • (mešťe)

1. chest
2. breast

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN