кель

See also: кељ

Erzya
Кель.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *keľ~*käľ, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognate with Moksha кяль (käľ), Finnish kieli, Northern Sami giella, Udmurt кыл (kyl), Nganasan сиәде.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʲelʲ/
  • Hyphenation: кель

Noun

кель • (keľ)

  1. tongue
    кель варя ― keľ vaŕa ― mouth, muzzle (literally, “tongue hole”)
  2. language
    эрзянь кель ― erźań keľ ― Erzya language
  3. speech (ability to talk)

Declension
Indefinite declension of кель (soft consonant stem (вирь) type)
singular plural
nominative кель (keľ) кельть (keľť)
genitive кельень (keľjeń) —
dative кельнень (keľńeń) —
ablative кельде (keľďe) —
inessive кельсэ (keľse) —
elative кельстэ (keľste) —
illative кельс (keľs) —
prolative кельга (keľga) —
translative келькс (keľks) —
comparative кельшка (keľška) —
abessive кельтеме (keľťeme) —

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кель”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #280 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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