Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *puks, possibly from Proto-Uralic *počka~*poška (calf of leg), in which case cognate with Finnish pohje (calf).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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пукшо (pukšo)

  1. buttocks
  2. rump

Declension

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пукшо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс, Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #797 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.