мекш

Erzya

Мекш цеця лангсо.

Alternative forms

• мӓкш (mäkš)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *mekš, inherited from Proto-Uralic *mekše.

Cognates include Moksha меш (meš), Finnish mehiläinen, Eastern Mari мӱкш (mükš), Komi-Permyak мош (moš), Hungarian méh.

Noun

мекш • (mekš)

1. bee

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “мекш”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #534 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.