Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *päľkə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *pälkä. Akin to Finnish peukalo, Livonian pēgal, Lule Sami bielgge, Kildin Sami пе̄лльк (piell’k), Udmurt пӧлы (pöly).

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Noun

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пелька (peľka)

  1. thumb

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пелька”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #723 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Ukrainian

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Noun

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пе́лька (pélʹkaf inan (genitive пе́льки, nominative plural пе́льки, genitive plural пе́льок)

  1. (derogatory) mouth

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