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 • (kizë)

1. summer

   Кизэ мельга сы сёксь.

   Kizë meľga sï śokś.

   After summer comes autumn.

See also

Seasons in Erzya · иень шкатне (ijeń škatne) (layout · text) · category
тундо (tundo, “spring”)	кизэ (kizë, “summer”)	сёксь (śokś, “autumn”)	теле (tele, “winter”)

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.