лафту

Moksha

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Uralic *lapa (compare Finnish lapa (“shoulder (the region around the shoulder blade)”) or onomatopoeic. Replaced Proto-Finno-Ugric *wolka.

Noun

лафту • (laftu)

1. (anatomy) shoulder

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN