лембе

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *lämpɜ (“warm; warmth”). Cognate with Moksha лямбе (ľambe), Finnish lämmin, Estonian lämmi.

Adjective

лембе • (ľembe)

  1. warm
    исяк ульнесь якшамо, течи жо лембе
    iśak uľńeś jakšamo, ťeči žo ľembe
    yesterday was cold, but today is warm
    лембе ярсамо
    ľembe jarsamo
    a warm meal
    свалшкадо лембе теле
    svalškado ľembe ťeľe
    a warmer winter than usual

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “лембе”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1368 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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