кель

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Erzya

Кель.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *keľ~*käľ, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognate with Moksha кяль (käľ), Finnish kieli, Northern Sami giella, Udmurt кыл (kyl), Nganasan сиәде (siədje).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲelʲ/
  • Hyphenation: кель

Noun

кель (keľ)

  1. tongue
    кель варяkeľ vaŕamouth, muzzle (literally, “tongue hole”)
  2. language
    эрзянь кельeŕźań keľErzya language
  3. speech (ability to talk)

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кель”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #280 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.