кирьга

Erzya

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кирьга

пряловажа

пряудем

сельме

турва

судо

курго

уло

пейсалазке

пиле

пилеюр

кирьга

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Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kərga, whence also Moksha крга (krga). Likely borrowed from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ (“neck”) or a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”). A direct connection to Proto-Finnic *kurkku has also been proposed, but considered doubtful.

Noun

кирьга • (kiŕga)

1. (anatomy) neck

   кувака кирьга ― kuvaka kiŕga ― a long neck

Declension

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References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
• Entry #1342 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.