Erzya edit

 
Сярдо.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *śardə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *śarta (deer, young reindeer). Cognates include Eastern Mari шордо (šordo).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

сярдо (śardo)

  1. moose (USA), elk (British), Alces alces

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сярдо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #936 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.