сёвонь

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe (“clay, adobe”). Akin to Finnish savi, Livonian sä’uv, Eastern Mari шун (šun), Komi-Zyrian сюн (śun).

Noun

сёвонь • (śovoń)

  1. clay
    сёвонь мода
    śovoń moda
    clay soil
    якстере сёвонь
    jaksťeŕe śovoń
    red clay
    сёвоньстэ теезь скульптура
    śovońste ťejeź skuľptura
    a figure molded from clay

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “сёвонь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #942 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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