Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *parə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *para. Cognates include Finnish parempi (better), paras (the best), Kildin Sami пӯррь (pūrr’) and Udmurt бур (bur).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: па‧ро

Adjective edit

паро (paro)

  1. good, nice, favourable
    Вай, кодамо паро ушось!
    Vaj, kodamo paro ušoś!
    Ah, what a nice weather!

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “паро”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1465 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.