удем

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *uďəmə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wideme (“marrow, brain”). Cognates include Finnish ydin, Northern Sami ađa, Eastern Mari вем (vem), Udmurt вим (vim), Hungarian velő.

Pronunciation

Noun

удем • (udem)

  1. marrow
    пряудем ― pŕa udem ― brain

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “удем”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1147 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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