курго

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Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kurgə, from earlier *kirgɜ. Ultimately may be a doublet of Erzya кирьга (kiŕga, neck) (see there for more).

Cognate with Moksha курга (kurga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kurɡo/
  • Hyphenation: кур‧го

Noun

курго (kurgo)

  1. mouth
    Пекстык кургот!
    Pekstik kurgot !
    Shut your mouth!
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 54:
      A meze lisi kurgsto, sädeiste lisi, i te skvernoiks teisazo lomaneń.
      But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
  2. opening
  3. (dated) mouth to feed

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “курго”, 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.