коткудав

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kotkə-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kutke (ant). Cognates include Livonian kukki, Kildin Sami ко̄ттк (kōttk), Eastern Mari кутко (kutko).

Pronunciation

Noun

коткудав • (kotkudav)

  1. ant
    Коткудавт чийнить.
    Kotkudavt čijniť.
    Ants run.

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “коткудав”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1348 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.