томбака

Erzya

Etymology

From *tomba + *-ka, possibly borrowed from Proto-Turkic [Term?] (compare Chuvash тăба (tăba, “(whirl)pool”), Tatar туба (tuba))[1] or from Proto-Baltic *duob- (compare Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), dauba (“hollow place”)). The word has also been compared with Proto-Finno-Permic *tiwä (“deep”) (whence Finnish syvä, Eastern Mari тӱнӧ (tünö)), but this connection is considered unlikely.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tombaka/

Adjective

томбака • (tombaka)

  1. deep
    Synonym: домка (domka)

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “томбака”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  1. https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/rueter/Paasonen/ORIGINALS/mw_styles_t_.shtml
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