айы

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Udmurt

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Etymology

From Proto-Permic *aj, from Proto-Finno-Permic *äjjä (old man). Cognates include Finnish äijä (old man) and Kildin Sami а̄йй (ājj, grandfather).

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian ай (aj) and Komi-Permyak ай (aj).

Pronunciation

Noun

айы (ajy)

  1. (chiefly Northern and Central) father, papa
  2. male

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References

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “айы”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 36
  • T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 8
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 3