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Eastern Mari
Etymology
From Proto-Mari *šĭńća, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognate with Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃinˈt͡ɕɑ/
- Rhymes: -ɑ
- Hyphenation: шин‧ча
Noun
шинча • (šinča)
- (anatomy) eye
- look, glance, gaze, eyes
- (botany) eye (on surface of potato)
- hole, opening
шокте шинча- šokte šinča
- hole in a sieve
- (figuratively) the eyes, viewpoint, view
- (textile working) loop, knot (in warp)
- (computing) cell
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References
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “шинча”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna