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Erzya
Etymology
Possibly related to Finnish paksu and Estonian paks (“thick”), considered an old Indo-Iranian loan; compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰúš (“thick, abundant”), whence Sanskrit बहुल (bahulá, “large, thick”). Although, the Erzya word may have been borrowed separately from the Finnic one, or derived from Russian больший (bolʹšij) instead.
Pronunciation
Adjective
покш • (pokš)
- big
- весемеде покш ― vesemede pokš ― the biggest
- great
1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke, page 124:Іисус каршозонзо мерьсь: нейсыть не покш кудотьнень! весе неть яжазь улить, а кадови тезэ кев лаҥгс кев.- Ijisus karšozonzo merś: nejsïť ne pokš kudotneń! vese neť jažaź uliť, a kadovi tezë kev laŋgs kev.
- “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “покш”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN