чапамо

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *šapamə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šappa (“sour, acid”). Cognates include Moksha шапама (šapama), Finnish hapan (happama-), Estonian hapu and possibly Hungarian savanyú.

Adjective

чапамо • (čapamo)

  1. sour
    чапамо ловсо ― čapamo lovso ― sour milk

Noun

чапамо • (čapamo)

  1. acid

Declension

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References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чапамо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #101 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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