кирда

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Erzya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *kirda, ultimately borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kerdā; compare Latvian kārta (layer; turn). Possibly via Proto-Finno-Volgaic *kerta, whence Proto-Finnic *kërta (time, occasion).

Sometimes also parsed as a doublet of Erzya кортамс (kortams, to talk); compare Finnish kertoa (to tell).

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Noun[edit]

кирда (kirda)

  1. turn
  2. habit, manner
  3. party, feast
  4. layer
  5. time
    Кавтонь кирда кавто карми ниле.
    Kavtoń kirda kavto karmi ńiľe.
    Two times two is four.
    ламонь кирдаlamoń kirdamany times

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