лавтов

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Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lavtəŋ ~ *lavtəmə. Possibly ultimately linked to Proto-Uralic *lapa (surface; plane (of an object)); compare Finnish lapa (shoulder).

Cognate with Moksha лафту (laftu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lavtov/
  • Hyphenation: лав‧тов

Noun

лавтов (lavtov)

  1. shoulder
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 84:
      Śulmsit staka, akandovi berem’at i vatškyt lavtomst langs lomatnenen, a syńs sursojak a tokšit synenst.
      They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лавтов”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN