урьва
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Erzya[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *orpa (“a kind of relative: brother, sister, male or female cousin etc.”). Akin to Moksha ърьвя (əŕvä). Other possible cognates include Finnish orpana, Kildin Sami вуэррьпенҍ (vuerr’p’en’).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
урьва • (uŕva)
- a man’s daughter-in-law
References[edit]
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “урьва”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1462 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.