Eastern Mari

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Etymology

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Compound of тӱня (tüńa) +‎ изи (izi). Literally, the world is small.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tyˈɲɑ iˈzi/
  • Hyphenation: тӱ‧ня изи

Phrase

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тӱня изи (tüńa izi)

  1. it's a small world

References

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  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “изи”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna