сёвонь
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Erzya[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mordvinic *śovəń, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe (“clay, adobe”). Akin to Finnish savi, Livonian sä’uv, Eastern Mari шун (šun), Komi-Zyrian сюн (śun), Northern Mansi [script needed] (śuĺ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
сёвонь • (śovoń)
- clay
- сёвонь мода ― śovoń moda ― clay soil
Declension[edit]
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References[edit]
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сёвонь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #942 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.