орма

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *urma ~ *ūrma (swelling or bulge). Cognate with Moksha урма (urma), Kildin Sami [script needed] (uǫrm), archaic Estonian urm and possibly Finnish hurma.

Pronunciation

Noun

орма • (orma)

  1. disease
    Synonym: сэредема (sëredema)
    кирьгапарень ормаkiŕgapareń ormaa throat disease
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 25:
      Son sajize minek ormanok langozonzo i kandyze sereďmenek.
      He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “орма”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1668 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.