лӹм

Western Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *lü̆m, from Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognates include Eastern Mari лӱм (lüm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlə̈m/
• Rhymes: -ə̈m
• Hyphenation: лӹм

Noun

лӹм • (lÿm)

1. name
2. nickname, alias

References

• Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “лӹм”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
• K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 106