валдо

Erzya

Валдо.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *valdə, from Proto-Uralic *wëlketa. Cognates include Moksha валда (valda), Finnish valkea, Western Mari валгыды (valgydy) and Hungarian világ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valdo/
• Rhymes: -aldo
• Hyphenation: вал‧до

Noun

валдо • (valdo)

1. light

   чипаень валдо ― čipajeń valdo ― the sunlight

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 10:

     Lomat ozadoź tšopodava nejeźt pokš valdo

     The people living in darkness have seen a great light

Declension

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Adjective

валдо • (valdo)

1. light

   валдо шпалерт ― valdo špaľert ― light wallpaper

2. bright

   нупалесь ульнесь вишка, ялатеке валдо ― nupaľeś uľńeś viška, jalaťeke valdo ― the room was small but bright

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
• Entry #1111 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.