кувака
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Erzya
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kawka (“long”) (whence Finnish kauka- (“faraway, distant”), kauan (“for a long time”), Estonian kauge (“faraway, distant”), kaua (“for a long time”)), itself probably borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kewk-. However, this etymology is disputed due to phonetic reasons.
According to Keresztes, from Proto-Mordvinic *kuva- (+ *-ka ~ *-kə), inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *kokɜ (“big, whole; size”). Compare Finnish koko (“whole; size”), kookas (“bulky, sizable”), Eastern Mari кугу (kugu, “big”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
кувака • (kuvaka)
- long
- кувака милеть ― kuvaka miľeť ― long oars
Derived terms
- куватьс (kuvaťs, “for a long time”)
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кувака”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
- Entry #255 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Entry #1328 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Moksha
Adjective
кувака • (kuvaka)