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 рунго on Erzya Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *roŋgə, likely from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *ruŋka. Related to Moksha ронга (ronga), Finnish runko (trunk), Karelian runko, rungu (body).

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рунго (rungo)

  1. body
    ойме ды рунгоojme di rungosoul and body
  2. corpse
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 91:
      Seks koso uli rungo, tov purnavit kutśkant.
      Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
      (literally, “Wherever there is a corpse, [...]”)

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