курго

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kurgə, from earlier *kirgɜ. Ultimately may be a doublet of Erzya кирьга (kiŕga, neck) (see there for more).

Cognate with Moksha курга (kurga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kurɡo/
  • Hyphenation: кур‧го

Noun

курго • (kurgo)

  1. mouth
    Пекстык кургот!
    Pekstïk kurgot !
    Shut your mouth!
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 54:
      A meze lisi kurgsto, sädeiste lisi, i te skvernoiks teisazo lomaneń.
      But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
  2. opening
  3. (dated) mouth to feed

Declension

The template Template:myv-noun-1 does not use the parameter(s):
1=курго
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

Indefinite declension of курго (back-vowel stem (ума) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
курго (kurgo) кургот (kurgot)
genitive
(of ...)
кургонь (kurgoń)
dative
(to ...)
кургонень (kurgoneń)
ablative
(than ...)
кургодо (kurgodo)
inessive
(in ...)
кургосо (kurgoso)
elative
(out of ...)
кургосто (kurgosto)
illative
(into ...)
кургос (kurgos)
prolative
(through ...)
кургова (kurgova)
translative
(becoming ...)
кургокс (kurgoks)
comparative
(like ...)
кургошка (kurgoška)
abessive
(without ...)
курговтомо (kurgovtomo)

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “курго”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.