стака

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *staka (*sta- +‎ *-ka) of uncertain further origin. Possibly related to Erzya сэстамс (sestams, “to strain oneself”), which may go back to Proto-Uralic *säńśä-.

Adjective

стака • (staka)

1. heavy
2. hard, difficult
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 70:

     Jisus jovtaź es tonavlitśansten: viedste mon kortľan tynenk, staka supavnen sovams mäneleń ińazoro-kirdimas.

     Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Noun

стака • (staka)

1. (dated) burden

   Synonym: сталмо (stalmo)

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 38:

     Nesak moń siveksem paro i moń stakam šoždine.

     For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Declension

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References

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

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Adjective

стака • (staka)

1. heavy