тикше

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťikšə, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *teškä (something protruding: top, beard, head of corn, plant, shrub), in which case cognate with Finnish tähkä (ear), Komi-Permyak тош (toš), Udmurt туш (tuš).

Akin to Moksha тише (tiše).

Pronunciation

Noun

тикше • (tikše)

  1. grass
    Synonym: нар (nar)

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тикше”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1642 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.