ялго

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jalgə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jalka (“foot, leg”), whence Finnish jalka, Livonian jālga, Kildin Sami ю̄лльк (jūll’k), Western Mari ял (jal), Hungarian gyalog (“on foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jalɡo/

Adverb

ялго • (jalgo)

1. on foot, by foot, by walking
   • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎^[1], page 36:

     Народсь же марязь теде, мольць мелганзо оштсто ялго.

     Narodś že maŕaź ťeďe, moľć melganzo oštsto jalgo .

     Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.

References

• Entry #160 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.