локсей

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lokśťəj ~ *lokśťəŋ, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *joŋkće. Cognates include Moksha локсти (loksti), Finnish joutsen, Northern Sami njukča, Eastern Mari йӱксӧ (jüksö), Komi-Permyak юсь (juś).

Pronunciation

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Noun

локсей • (loksej)

1. swan

   ашо локсей ― ašo loksej ― white swan

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “локсей”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #189 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.