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курга

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Moksha

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Etymology

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Probably a doublet of Moksha кърга (kərga, neck), which is an old Indo-European borrowing. Cognate with Erzya курго (kurgo). Finnish kurkku may be borrowed from the same source. Replaced Proto-Uralic *śuwe.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /kurɡɑ/[1]

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Noun

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ку́рга (kúrga)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      аш пильгонза, аш кяденза, а кургоц ули (кяскавсь)
      aš piľgonza, aš käďenza, a kurgoc uľi (käskavś)
      [riddle] no legs, no arms but has a mouth (sack)

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ kurgă in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch
  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN