тундо

Erzya

Тундонь пакся.

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *towke (“spring”). Cognate with Estonian tõug, Finnish touko (“sowing, planting”), Northern Mansi тӯя (tūâ, “spring”), Hungarian tavasz (“spring”).

Noun

тундо • (tundo)

1. spring

   Коштсонть маряви тундо.

   Koštsonť maŕavi tundo .

   Spring is in the air.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тундо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1069 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.