ламо

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lamə, possibly inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *lama (“(great) amount”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lamo/

Adverb

ламо • (lamo)

  1. a lot, plenty, many
    ламо ведьпрамо марто лей ― lamo veďpramo marto lej ― a river with many waterfalls

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ламо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1363 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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