кумажа

Erzya

Цёрань кумажа.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *pəl-, inherited from Proto-Uralic *polwe (“knee”). Compare Moksha пълманжа (pəlmanža). Other cognates include Finnish polvi, Estonian põlv, Northern Sami buolva, Western Mari пылвуй (pylvuj), Tundra Nenets пулы (puli).

Noun

кумажа • (kumaža)

1. (anatomy) knee

   Synonyms: куманжа (kumanža), пуляза (puľaza, obsolete)

   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[1], page 148:

     Тень неезь, Симон Петр прась Іисусонь кумажазонзо да мерьсь: тук монь вакстон, Пазом, мон ломансь пежетеван.

     Ťeń ńejeź, Śimon Petr praś Іisusoń kumažazonzo da meŕś: tuk moń vakston, Pazom, mon lomanś pežeťevan.

     When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”

Declension

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References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
• Entry #791 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 123
• Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “kumaža”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN