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Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *śeľmə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *śilmä (“eye”). Cognates include Finnish silmä, Northern Sami čalbmi, Western Mari шинча (šinča), Komi-Permyak син (śin), Hungarian szem.
Pronunciation
Noun
сельме • (śeľme)
- (anatomy) eye
- сельме валдо ― śeľme valdo ― sight
1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 20:I meks ton vanat pitska lanks seľmse bratot tońt, a tonset seľmset šotško a nejat?- Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
Declension
Indefinite declension of сельме (front-vowel stem (
ки) type)
Definite declension of сельме
References
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
- Entry #964 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Definite paradigm of Erzya сельме (śeľme) in Cygankin, D. V. (1980) Grammatika mordovskix jazykov. Fonetika, grafika, orfografija, morfologija [Mordvinic grammar] (in Russian), Saransk, page 225
Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *śeľmə, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognates include Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem.
Pronunciation
Noun
сельме • (śeľmä)
- (anatomy) eye
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 106
Кяжи валсь – сельмос салсь- Käži vaľś – śeľmos saľś
- evil word salt in eyes
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
азомс сельмос- azoms śeľmos
- to say to face (lit. "in eyes")
сельмода-сельмос- śeľmoda - śeľmos
- from eye to eye
тетькомс сельмот- ťeťkoms śeľmot
- to lay eyes
- Oahpa, University of Tromsø
вача сельмокс ярхцай- vača śeľmoks jarhcaj
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
сельмонь каяма- śeľmoń kajama
- envy
- Безбородов М. И. Сочиненият 1-це томсь (1939), page 102
Сельме ведьняса // Пяшкодсть сельмоне.- Śeľme veďńasa // Päškoďśť śeľmońe .
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 52
- V. F. ROGOŽINA (2011) Mokšeń käľsa obščeobrazovaťeľnaj školaťńeńďi biologijań ťerminoń valks , Syktyvkar, Iževsk, Joškar Ola, Saransk, Badačonʹtomaj: Associacija finno-ugorskix universitetov, →ISBN
Сложнай сельмось — Сложный глаз — Ламоц насекомайхнень специальнай – эсь лацонь сельмосна (..)- Složnaj śeľmoś — Složnij glaz — Lamoc naśekomajhńeń spećiaľnaj – eś lacoń śeľmosna (..)
- Compound eye — Compound eye — Specific, characteristic eyes of most insects (..)
Declension
Indefinite declension of сельме
Definite declension of сельме
Possessive declension of сельме
Derived terms