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Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *təmba. Borrowed from a Turkic language. Compare Chuvash тăба (tăba, “(whirl)pool”).[1]
Adjective
томба • (tomba)
- (archaic) deep
- (archaic) boggy, marshy, swampy
Noun
томба • (tomba)
- whirlpool
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “томба”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- ^ Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “tomba”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN