покш

Erzya

Etymology

Perhaps akin to Estonian paks, Finnish paksu (“thick”). Ultimately borrowed from an Indo-Iranian language; compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰúš (“thick, abundant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pokʃ/

Adjective

покш • (pokš)

  1. big
    весемеде покш ― veśemeďe pokš ― the biggest

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “покш”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
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