турва

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *tərva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *turpa (“lip; muzzle, snout”).[1] Cognates include Moksha търва (tərva), Eastern Mari тӱрвӧ (türvö), Finnish turpa, Estonian turb.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /turva/
  • Hyphenation: тур‧ва

Noun

турва • (turva)

  1. lip
    сусконемс турват
    suskońems turvat
    to bite [one's] lips

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “турва”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  1. Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.