Erzya edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *čonda~*šonda, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *šinta (price, value), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śímta (hundred) (whence Lithuanian šimtas). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm, and thereby a distant doublet of Erzya сядо (śado, hundred).

Other cognates include Finnish hinta, Estonian hind (price).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

чандо (čando)

  1. bride price (a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride)
  2. ransom
  3. (obsolete) price
    Synonym: питне (pitńe)

Declension edit

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чандо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “čando”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
  • Entry #1212 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.