чиче
Erzya
Alternative forms
- шиче (šiče), шичаля (šičaľa)
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *čəčə~*čičə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *śečä (“uncle”). Cognate with Moksha щ- (šč-) in щене (ščene, “uncle”), Finnish setä, Northern Sami čeahci, Western Mari чӱчӧ (čüčö), Udmurt ӵуж (čuž).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃit͡ʃe/
Noun
чиче • (čiče)
- (dated) son-in-law
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
чиче (čiče) | чичеть (čičeť) |
| genitive (of ...) |
чичень (čičeń) | — |
| dative (to ...) |
чиченень (čičeneń) | — |
| ablative (than ...) |
чичеде (čičede) | — |
| inessive (in ...) |
чичесэ (čičesë) | — |
| elative (out of ...) |
чичестэ (čičestë) | — |
| illative (into ...) |
чичес (čičes) | — |
| prolative (through ...) |
чичева (čičeva) | — |
| translative (becoming ...) |
чичекс (čičeks) | — |
| comparative (like ...) |
чичешка (čičeška) | — |
| abessive (without ...) |
чичевтеме (čičevteme) | — |
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[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
- Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “či͔če͔”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages][2], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN