тӹрвӹ

Western Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *tü̆rwə, from Proto-Uralic *turpa. Cognate with Eastern Mari тӱрвӧ (türvö).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtə̈rβə̈/
• Rhymes: -ə̈rβə̈
• Hyphenation: тӹр‧вӹ

Noun

тӹрвӹ • (tÿrvÿ)

1. (anatomy) lip, lips

References

• Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “тӹрвӹ”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
• K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 68