ялго
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *jalgə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jalka (“foot, leg”), whence Finnish jalka, Livonian jālga, Kildin Sami ю̄лльк (jūll’k), Western Mari ял (jal), Hungarian gyalog (“on foot”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ялго • (jalgo)
- on foot, by foot, by walking
- 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 36:
- Народсь же марязь теде, мольць мелганзо оштсто ялго.
- Narodś že maŕaź ťeďe, moľć melganzo oštsto jalgo .
- Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.
References edit
- Entry #160 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.