лавтов

Erzya

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) лавтомо (lavtomo)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lavtəŋ ~ *lavtəmə. Possibly ultimately linked to Proto-Uralic *lapa (“surface; plane (of an object)”); compare Finnish lapa (“shoulder”).

Cognate with Moksha лафту (laftu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lavtov/
• Hyphenation: лав‧тов

Noun

лавтов • (lavtov)

1. shoulder
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 84:

     Śulmsit staka, akandovi berem’at i vatškyt lavtomst langs lomatnenen, a syńs sursojak a tokšit synenst.

     They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лавтов”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN