эле

See also: еле, әле, and Appendix:Variations of "ele"

Erzya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *äľə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *älä (lap, lower front part of the dress). Cognate with Moksha эль (), Udmurt ал (al).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elʲe/

Noun

эле • (ele)

  1. lap, bosom
  2. knee
    Synonym: эль ()
    озамс киньгак элесozams kińgak elesto kneel before someone
  3. 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 • (élem inan

  1. prepositional singular of эль (elʹ)