шуфта

Moksha

Шуфта.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *šuvtə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šukta (“tree species”). Cognate with Erzya чувто (čuvto), Finnish huhta and Estonian uht. The Finno-Volgaic word was probably borrowed from Proto-Iranian [Term?]; compare Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn”).

More

Nicolaes Witsen in his work Noord en oost Tartarye notes an archaic word pu meaning “male genitalia”, which may go back to Proto-Uralic *puwe ~ *pawe (“tree”). *šuvtə possibly replaced the native word due to the new, offensive meaning of the native word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuf.tə/

Noun

шуфта • (šufta)

1. tree
   • 1962, M. Käškin, Mzärda peŕfkat jalgat:

     Сери и виде шуфттне таргавсть вяри.

     Seri i vide šufttne targavsť väri.

     The tall and slender trees stretched upwards.

Declension

Indefinite declension of шуфта

	singular	plural
nominative	шуфта (šufta)	шуфтт (šuftt)
genitive	шуфтoнь (šuftoń)	—
dative	шуфтoнди (šuftondi)	—
ablative	шуфтта (šuftta)	—
inessive	шуфтса (šuftsa)	—
elative	шуфтста (šuftsta)	—
illative	шуфтс (šufts)	—
prolative	шуфтoва (šuftova)	—
comparative	шуфтoшка (šuftoška)	—
translative	шуфтoкс (šuftoks)	—
abessive	шуфтфтома (šuftftoma)	—
causative	шуфтoнкса (šuftonksa)	—

Derived terms

• шуфтаза (šuftaza)
• шуфтокс (šuftoks)
• шуфтола (šuftola)
• шуфтомомс (šuftomoms)
• шуфтонь (šuftoń)

References

• Entry #1623 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.