Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *pižə, from Proto-Uralic *piša (bile, gall).[1][2] The word пиже (piže, green) can also be used to indicate the metal “copper”, which is probably due to the color of oxidation. This could be related to Northern Sami fiskat (yellow).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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пиже (piže)

  1. green

Declension

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See also

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Colors in Erzya · тюст (ťust) (layout · text)
     ашо (ašo)      макшас (makšas)      раужо (raužo)
             якстере (jaksťeŕe); вединзей (veďinźej)              тюжа (ťuža)              ожо (ožo); ожоза (ožoza) ожола (ožola)
             пижожо (pižožo) пижела (pižela)              пиже (piže)             
                          сэняжа (seńaža)              сэнь (seń)
             уроске (uroske); сэньгере (seńgeŕe)                          

Noun

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пиже (piže)

  1. (chemistry) copper

References

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  1. ^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  2. ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Joškar Ola, page 351

Moksha

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Adjective

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пиже (piže)

  1. green