шанжав

Erzya

Etymology

Uncertain. Potential cognates include Moksha унжа (unža), Finnish hämä- in hämähäkki, Votic hämö.

Pronunciation

Noun

шанжав • (šanžav)

  1. spider
    Synonym: шанжака (šanžaka)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “шанжав”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Heikki Paasonen; Kaino Heikkilä; Martti Kahla (1990-1996), “čanᴣ̌av”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN