мӱ

Western Mari

Мӱ.

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *mü, borrowed from Proto-Udmurt, ultimately from Proto-Permic *må, from Proto-Uralic *mete. Compare Udmurt му (mu) and Komi-Zyrian ма (ma). Cognates include Eastern Mari мӱй (müj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmy/
• Rhymes: -y
• Hyphenation: мӱ

Noun

мӱ • (mü)

1. honey

References

• Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “мӱ”, 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 153