ижа

Komi-Yazva

Ижа.

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *eža. Possibly related to Finnish aho (“glade”).

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian эжа (eža) and Udmurt ожо (ožo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiʒa/, [ˈiʒ̺ä]
• Rhymes: -iʒa
• Hyphenation: и‧жа

Noun

ижа (iža)

1. turf, sod

References

• A. S. Lobanova, K. S. Kichigina (2012) Русско-Коми-язьвинский словарь [Russian-Komi-Yazva dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Perm: ПГГПУ, →ISBN, page 99
• V. I. Lytkin (1961) Коми-язьвинский диалект [The Komi-Yazva dialect] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Издательство Академии наук СССР, page 118