кизэ

Erzya

Кизэ.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kizə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kesä. Cognates include Moksha киза (kiza), Finnish kesä, Estonian kesa, Northern Sami geassi and Kildin Sami ке̄ссь (kiess’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kize/
• Rhymes: -ize
• Hyphenation: ки‧зэ

Noun

кизэ • (kize)

1. summer

   Кизэ мельга сы сёксь.

   Kize meľga si śokś.

   After summer comes autumn.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кизэ”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1304 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.