маласо

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic and perhaps Proto-Finno-Volgaic *mala (“edge, brim (of an opening, gap, cleft)”) + *-sV (inessive case suffix), possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *malā (whence Latvian mala (“edge; cost, surrounding”), Lithuanian malá (“land, landscape; edge”)). May be related to Finnish malo (“edge, side; chink, hole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malaso/

Adverb

маласо • (malaso)

1. near, close to

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “маласо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1403 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.