экше

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jäkšə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *jäkšɜ- (“cool, cold”), whence Finnish jäähtyä and Eastern Mari йӱштӧ (jüštö).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekʃe/

Noun

экше • (ekše)

1. coolness, chill

Adjective

экше • (ekše)

1. coolish; coldish
   • 1928, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Эрзянь ёвкст (скаскат)‎^[1], page 39:

     Маней таркасо а-яшти, яла экше таркас кекши.

     Mańej tarkaso a-jašťi, jala ekše tarkas kekši.

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Predicative

экше • (ekše)

1. it is cool
   • 2010, Нуянь Видяз, Эрязденть арсезь‎^[2], page 39:

     Кудосонть экше.

     Kudosońť ekše .

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “экше”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #165 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.