нармунь

Erzya

Нармунь.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *narməń. The further etymology is unclear. Potentially from the same onomatopoeic root as Estonian -näär, Finnish närhi, Votic näri, näre.

Akin to Moksha нармонь (narmoń).

Noun

нармунь • (narmuń)

1. bird

   уиця нармунь ― ujića narmuń ― a swimming bird

Declension

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References

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