рунго

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *roŋgə, likely from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *ruŋka. Related to Moksha ронга (ronga), Finnish runko (trunk), Karelian runko, rungu (body).

Noun

рунго • (rungo)

  1. body
    ойме ды рунгоojme di rungosoul and body
  2. corpse
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 91:
      Seks koso uli rungo, tov purnavit kutśkant.
      Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
      (literally, “Wherever there is a corpse, [...]”)

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “рунго”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1528 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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