Erzya edit

 
Эрьке.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *jäŕ-kə, from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *jäwrä, borrowed either from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jaurā (compare Lithuanian jáura (marshland, bog)) or from earlier Proto-Indo-European *yewHr-. Cognates include Finnish järvi, Northern Sami jávri, Eastern Mari ер (jer).

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Noun edit

эрьке (eŕke)

  1. lake
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke[1], page 148:
      Нейсь эрькенть лаҥгсо аштицят кавто веньчть; а калонь кунсицятне, эйстэст лисезь, шлясть сетсэст.
      Ńejś eŕkenť laҥgso ašťićat kavto veńčť; a kaloń kunśićatńe, ejstest ľiśeź, šľasť śetsest.
      He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

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