шекшата

Erzya

Шекшата.

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *čäčkä~*čäkčä (“a species of bird”). Cognate with Moksha шякшата (šäkšata), Estonian ähk, Western Mari шӓкш (šäkš).

Noun

шекшата • (šekšata)

1. woodpecker

   Synonyms: шекшан (šekšan), шекшей (šekšej)

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “шекшата”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс, Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1216 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.