ланго

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *laŋgə (Grünthal suggests *lanka instead), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lankā (whence Latvian lañka (“low, flat surface; big low field”), Lithuanian lankà (“field, lowland; low, flat surface”)). Cognate with Moksha ланга (langa).

Proto-Finnic *langët'ak (“to fall”) probably borrowed from the same Baltic source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋɡo/

Noun

ланго • (lango)

1. surface, cover
2. time

   нуема ланго ― nujema lango ― a harvest time

Declension

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Derived terms

• postpositions: лангсо (langso), лангс (langs)

References

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

Omok

Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *lyŋkə. Cognates include Chuvan луига (luiga).

Noun

ланго (lango)

1. water

Derived terms

• ланголь-ланголь (langolʹ-langolʹ)
• чимонъ лангео (čimon langeo)

References

• Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 121