кельме

Erzya

Alternative forms

  • кӓльме (käľme)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kelmə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *külmä ~ *kilmä (cold; coldness, frost), possibly borrowed from Pre-Baltic *gu̯el(u)mā (compare Lithuanian geluma).

Cognate with Finnish kylmä, Livonian kīlma, Eastern Mari кылме (kylme).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkelʲme/, /ˈkælʲme/

Noun

кельме • (keľme)

  1. cold
    Течи вете градуст кельме.
    Teči vete gradust keľme .
    Today it is five degrees cold.

Declension

Indefinite declension of кельме (front-vowel stem (ки) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
кельме (keľme) кельметь (keľmeť)
genitive
(of ...)
кельмень (keľmeń)
dative
(to ...)
кельменень (keľmeneń)
ablative
(than ...)
кельмеде (keľmede)
inessive
(in ...)
кельмесэ (keľmesë)
elative
(out of ...)
кельместэ (keľmestë)
illative
(into ...)
кельмес (keľmes)
prolative
(through ...)
кельмева (keľmeva)
translative
(becoming ...)
кельмекс (keľmeks)
comparative
(like ...)
кельмешка (keľmeška)
abessive
(without ...)
кельмевтеме (keľmevteme)

Adjective

кельме • (keľme)

  1. cold
    симемс кельме ведтеsimems keľme vedteto drink cold water

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кельме”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1311 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *külmä~*kilmä, possibly borrowed from Pre-Baltic *gu̯el(u)mā (compare Lithuanian geluma). Cognate with Finnish kylmä, Livonian kīlma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kelʲmʲæ/, /kelʲmæ/

Noun

кельме • (keľmä)

  1. frost

Adjective

кельме • (keľme)

  1. cold

References

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  • Entry #1311 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.