якшама

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *jakša (“cool, cold”) (a front-vowel variant of *jäkše- (whence Moksha эше (eše)) + *-ma. Cognates include Erzya якшамо (jakšamo), Estonian jahe, Votic jahtua.

Noun

якшама • (jakšama)

1. chill

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN