ёжо

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jožə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *(j)iša ((human) skin, rawhide); compare Finnish iho (skin, hide).

Pronunciation

Noun

ёжо • (jožo)

  1. feeling, state, health, consciousness, mood
    паро ёжоparo jožowell-being
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke[1], page 99:
      Эрь сеск лоткась сонзэ верень мольмазо, марясь ёжозо ормадонзо пичкамодонть.
      Eŕ sesk lotkaś sonzë vereń moľmazo, maŕaś jožozo ormadonzo pičkamodonť.
      Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

Declension

Indefinite declension of ёжо (back-vowel stem (ума) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
ёжо (jožo) ёжот (jožot)
genitive
(of ...)
ёжонь (jožoń)
dative
(to ...)
ёжонень (jožoneń)
ablative
(than ...)
ёжодо (jožodo)
inessive
(in ...)
ёжосо (jožoso)
elative
(out of ...)
ёжосто (jožosto)
illative
(into ...)
ёжос (jožos)
prolative
(through ...)
ёжова (jožova)
translative
(becoming ...)
ёжокс (jožoks)
comparative
(like ...)
ёжошка (jožoška)
abessive
(without ...)
ёжовтомо (jožovtomo)
Definite declension of ёжо
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
ёжось (jožoś) ёжотне (jožotne)
genitive
(of ...)
ёжонть (jožonť) ёжотнень (jožotneń)
dative
(to ...)
ёжонтень (jožonteń) ёжотненень (jožotneneń)
ablative
(than ...)
ёжонть (jožonť) ёжотнеде (jožotnede)
inessive
(in ...)
ёжонть (jožonť) ёжотнесэ (jožotnesë)
elative
(out of ...)
ёжонть (jožonť) ёжотнестэ (jožotnestë)
illative
(into ...)
ёжонтень (jožonteń) ёжотнес (jožotnes)
prolative
(through ...)
ёжованть (jožovanť) ёжотнева (jožotneva)
translative
(becoming ...)
comparative
(like ...)
ёжошканть (jožoškanť) ёжотнешка (jožotneška)
abessive
(without ...)
ёжонть (jožonť) ёжотневтеме (jožotnevteme)

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ёжо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1249 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 45