шуфта
Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *šuvtə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šukta (“tree species”). Cognate with Erzya чувто (čuvto), Finnish huhta and Estonian uht. The Finno-Volgaic word was probably borrowed from Proto-Iranian [Term?]; compare Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn”).
More
Nicolaes Witsen in his work Noord en oost Tartarye notes an archaic word pu meaning “male genitalia”, which may go back to Proto-Uralic *puwe ~ *pawe (“tree”). *šuvtə possibly replaced the native word due to the new, offensive meaning of the native word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃuf.tə/
Noun
шуфта • (šufta)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | шуфта (šufta) | шуфтт (šuftt) |
| genitive | шуфтoнь (šuftoń) | — |
| dative | шуфтoнди (šuftondi) | — |
| ablative | шуфтта (šuftta) | — |
| inessive | шуфтса (šuftsa) | — |
| elative | шуфтста (šuftsta) | — |
| illative | шуфтс (šufts) | — |
| prolative | шуфтoва (šuftova) | — |
| comparative | шуфтoшка (šuftoška) | — |
| translative | шуфтoкс (šuftoks) | — |
| abessive | шуфтфтома (šuftftoma) | — |
| causative | шуфтoнкса (šuftonksa) | — |
Derived terms
- шуфтаза (šuftaza)
- шуфтокс (šuftoks)
- шуфтола (šuftola)
- шуфтомомс (šuftomoms)
- шуфтонь (šuftoń)
References
- Entry #1623 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.