ramje

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ormę, cognate with Proto-Germanic *armaz. Slavic cognates include Upper Sorbian ramjo, Polish ramię, Czech rameno, Ukrainian рамено (rameno), Old Church Slavonic рамо (ramo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈramʲɛ/, [ˈramʲə]

Noun

ramje n inan (diminutive ramuško)

  1. shoulder (joint between arm and torso)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “raḿe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “ramje”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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