курга

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Moksha

Etymology

Probably a doublet of Moksha кърга (kərga, neck), which is an old Indo-European borrowing. Cognate with Erzya курго (kurgo). Finnish kurkku may be borrowed from the same source. Replaced Proto-Uralic *śuwe.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kurɡɑ/

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Noun

ку́рга (kúrga)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      аш пильгонза, аш кяденза, а кургоц ули (кяскавсь)
      aš piľgonza, aš käďenza, a kurgoc uľi (käskavś)
      no legs, no arms but has a mouth (sack)

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References

  1. ^ kurgă in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch
  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN