эле

See also: еле, әле, and Appendix:Variations of "ele"

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *äľə, from Pre-Mordvinic *älä, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *älɜ (“lap, lower front part of the dress”). Cognate with Moksha эль (eľ), Udmurt ал (al).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /elʲe/

Noun

эле • (eľe)

  1. lap
  2. knee
    Synonym: эль (eľ)
    озамс киньгак элес
    ozams kińgak eľes
    to kneel before someone

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “эле”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #39 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlʲe]

Noun

э́ле • (éle) m inan

  1. prepositional singular of эль (elʹ)
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