варака

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *warᴈ. Cognates include Moksha варси (varsi), Finnish varis, Livonian vaŗīkš, Inari Sami vuorâš, Hungarian varjú. Ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

варака • (varaka)

  1. crow
    Synonym: варсей (varsej)
    кундамс варака ― kundams varaka ― to catch a crow

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “варака”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1120 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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