кирьга

Erzya

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). Finnish kurkku possibly from the same source. Replaced Proto-Mordvinic *śīwə (“neck”).

Noun

кирьга • (kiŕga)

  1. (anatomy) neck

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

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