Erzya edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

ёжо (jožo)

  1. feeling, state, health, consciousness, mood
    паро ёжоparo jožowell-being

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 45