эле
Erzya
Alternative forms
- эль (eľ)
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *äľə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *älä (“lap, lower front part of the dress”). Cognate with Moksha эль (eľ), Udmurt ал (al).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elʲe/
Noun
эле • (ele)
- lap, bosom
- knee
- Synonym: эль (eľ)
- озамс киньгак элес ― ozams kińgak eles ― to kneel before someone
- hem (of a skirt)
Declension
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References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “эле”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #39 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlʲe]
Noun
э́ле • (éle) m inan
- prepositional singular of эль (elʹ)