карво

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *karmɜ~*karpɜ~*karwɜ (“fly”). Cognate with Moksha кару (karu), Finnish kärpänen, Estonian kärbes, Eastern Mari карме (karme).

Noun

карво • (karvo)

  1. a fly
    ломантне кулость теке карвот
    lomantńe kulosť ťeke karvot
    [the] people died like flies

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “карво”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1273 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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