кирьга

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kərga. Likely borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”). The connection with Finnish kurkku and Estonian kurk is considered doubtful.

Cognate with Moksha кърга (kərga).

Noun

кирьга • (kiŕga)

  1. (anatomy) neck
    кувака кирьга ― kuvaka kiŕga ― a long neck

Declension

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References
  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  • Entry #1342 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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