пӱй

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Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *pü, from Proto-Uralic *piŋe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyj/
  • Rhymes: -yj
  • Hyphenation: пӱй

Noun

пӱй (püj)

  1. (anatomy) tooth
    пӱем коршта
    püjem koršta
    my tooth hurts
  2. tooth, prong, tine (of a fork, machine, etc.)
  3. (botany) clove (of a garlic)
  4. spoke (of a wheel)

Declension

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Derived terms

nouns

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “пӱй”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna