Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *ćora. Borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Chuvash чура (čura, slave). Alternatively, but less likely, related to Estonian tsura (boy).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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цёра (ćora)

  1. son
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 40:
      I veseme divaźt i kortleźt: avoľ li te Kristos, tśorazo Davideń?
      All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
  2. boy
  3. man (adult male human being)

Declension

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References

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

Moksha

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Etymology

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Noun

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цёра (ćora)

  1. guy, a young man
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      цёра, — парень
      ćora , -t — paŕeń
      guy — guy [in Russian]
      цёран; цёрат; цёра
      ćoran ; ćorat ; ćora
      I am a guy; you are a guy; he is a guy

Inflection

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