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Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *čəčə~*čičə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *śečä (“uncle”). Cognate with Moksha щ- (šč-) in щене (ščeńe, “uncle”), Finnish setä, Northern Sami čeahci, Western Mari чӱчӧ (čüčö), Udmurt ӵуж (čuž).
Pronunciation
Noun
чиче • (čiče)
- (dated) son-in-law
Declension
Indefinite declension of чиче (front-vowel stem (
ки) type)
References
- Entry #60 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
- Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “či͔če͔”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch, Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN