кель
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See also: кељ
Erzya[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mordvinic *keľ~*käľ, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognate with Moksha кяль (käľ), Finnish kieli, Northern Sami giella, Udmurt кыл (kyl), Nganasan сиәде.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
кель • (keľ)
- tongue
- кель варя ― keľ vaŕa ― mouth, muzzle (literally, “tongue hole”)
- language
- эрзянь кель ― erźań keľ ― Erzya language
- speech (ability to talk)
Declension[edit]
Indefinite declension of кель (soft consonant stem (вирь) type)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | кель (keľ) | кельть (keľť) |
| genitive | кельень (keľjeń) | — |
| dative | кельнень (keľńeń) | — |
| ablative | кельде (keľďe) | — |
| inessive | кельсэ (keľse) | — |
| elative | кельстэ (keľste) | — |
| illative | кельс (keľs) | — |
| prolative | кельга (keľga) | — |
| translative | келькс (keľks) | — |
| comparative | кельшка (keľška) | — |
| abessive | кельтеме (keľťeme) | — |
References[edit]
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кель”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #280 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.