Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *təmba. Borrowed from a Turkic language. Compare Chuvash тăба (tăba, (whirl)pool).[1]

Adjective

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томба (tomba)

  1. (archaic) deep
  2. (archaic) boggy, marshy, swampy

Noun

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томба (tomba)

  1. whirlpool

Declension

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “томба”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  1. ^ Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “tomba”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN