чеерь

Erzya

Alternative forms

  • чӓерь (čäjeŕ)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *čejəŕ ~ *šejəŕ, inherited from Proto-Uralic *šiŋere. Cognates include Finnish hiiri, Hungarian egér.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /t͡ʃejerʲ/, /t͡ʃæjerʲ/

Noun

чеерь • (čejeŕ)

  1. mouse

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чеерь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1006 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.