килей

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Килей.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kij-~*kuj-, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa. Cognate with Moksha келу (kelu), Finnish koivu, Hungarian hajó.[1]

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Noun

килей (kilej)

  1. (botany) birch

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References

  1. ^ Entry #334 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ ḱiĺej in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch

Further reading

  • Partial indefinite paradigm (килеень, килейнень, килейде, килейсэ, килейстэ (kilejeń, kilejneń, kilejde, kilejsë, kilejstë)) in Cygankin, D. V. (1980) Grammatika mordovskix jazykov. Fonetika, grafika, orfografija, morfologija [Mordvinic grammar] (in Russian), Saransk, page 229

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

ки́лей (kílejm inan pl

  1. genitive plural of киль (kilʹ)