ашо

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ašə. Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ačka (gray? white?), whence may be Moksha акша (akša), Eastern Mari ош (), ошо (ošo, white) and Finnish haahka (eider).

Alternatively, borrowed from or influenced by a descendant of Proto-Turkic *āk (white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʃo/
  • Rhymes: -aʃo
  • Hyphenation: а‧шо

Adjective

ашо • (ašo)

  1. white
    ашо тюсašo ťuswhite color

Noun

ашо • (ašo)

  1. white, whiteness
  2. ruble

Declension

Indefinite declension of ашо (back-vowel stem (ума) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
ашо (ašo) ашот (ašot)
genitive
(of ...)
ашонь (ašoń)
dative
(to ...)
ашонень (ašoneń)
ablative
(than ...)
ашодо (ašodo)
inessive
(in ...)
ашосо (ašoso)
elative
(out of ...)
ашосто (ašosto)
illative
(into ...)
ашос (ašos)
prolative
(through ...)
ашова (ašova)
translative
(becoming ...)
ашокс (ašoks)
comparative
(like ...)
ашошка (ašoška)
abessive
(without ...)
ашовтомо (ašovtomo)

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Erzya · тюст (ťust) (layout · text)
     ашо (ašo)      макшас (makšas)      раужо (raužo)
             якстере (jakstere); вединзей (vedinzej)              тюжа (ťuža)              ожо (ožo); ожоза (ožoza) ожола (ožola)
             пижожо (pižožo) пижела (pižela)              пиже (piže)             
                          сэняжа (sëńaža)              сэнь (sëń)
             уроске (uroske); сэньгере (sëńgere)                          

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ашо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
  • Entry #2 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.