Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *jožə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *(j)iša ((human) skin, rawhide); compare Finnish iho (skin, hide).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ёжо (jožo)

  1. feeling, state, health, consciousness, mood
    паро ёжоparo jožowell-being
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke[1], page 99:
      Эрь сеск лоткась сонзэ верень мольмазо, марясь ёжозо ормадонзо пичкамодонть.
      Eŕ śesk lotkaś sonze veŕeń moľmazo, maŕaś jožozo ormadonzo pičkamodonť.
      Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

Declension

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ёжо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1249 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., page 45