кумажа

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Erzya

Кумажат.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *pəl(ma)-, inherited from Proto-Uralic *polwe (knee). Compare Moksha пълманжа (pəlmanža). Other cognates include Finnish polvi, Estonian põlv, Northern Sami buolva, Western Mari пылвуй (pylvuj), Tundra Nenets пулы (puli).

Pronunciation

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Noun

кумажа (kumaža)

  1. (anatomy) knee
    Synonyms: куманжа (kumanža), пуляза (puľaza, obsolete)
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke, page 148:
      Тень неезь, Симон Петр прась Іисусонь кумажазонзо да мерьсь: тук монь вакстон, Пазом, мон ломансь пежетеван.
      Ťeń ńejeź, Śimon Petr praś Iisusoń kumažazonzo da meŕś: tuk moń vakston, Pazom, mon lomańś pežeťevan.
      When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”

Declension

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References

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
  • Entry #791 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 123
  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “kumaža”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN