кизэ

Erzya
Кизэ.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kizə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kesä. Cognates include Moksha киза (kiza), Finnish kesä, Estonian kesa, Northern Sami geassi and Kildin Sami ке̄ссь (kiess’).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kize/
  • Rhymes: -ize
  • Hyphenation: ки‧зэ

Noun

кизэ • (kize)

  1. summer
    Кизэ мельга сы сёксь.
    Kize meľga si śokś.
    After summer comes autumn.

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кизэ”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1304 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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