вишка

Erzya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *väžə (suffixed with *-kV), inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *wäšä (“small, little”). Cognate with Finnish vähä, Estonian vähe, väike.

Adjective

вишка • (viška)

  1. small
    Synonym: вишкине (viškińe)
    Лей куншкасо ульнесь вишка усия.
    Ľej kunškaso uľńeś viška uśija.
    There was a small island in the middle of the river.

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вишка”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1701 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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