койме

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kaj-mə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *kajwa- (“to dig, scoop”). Cognates include Finnish kaivaa (“to dig (up)”), Northern Sami goaivut, Eastern Mari куаш (kuaš), Udmurt куяны (kujany), Tundra Nenets сива (syiwa, “shovel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kojme/

Noun

койме • (kojme)

  1. shovel

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “койме”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #335 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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