начко
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mordvinic *načkə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńačkɜ (“wet, humid, watery, raw”). Akin to Moksha начка (načka), Finnish nahkea (“tacky, sticky”), Lule Sami njuoskas, Eastern Mari ночко (nočko).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]начко • (načko)
- wet
- начко лов ― načko lov ― wet snow
References
[edit]- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “начко”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс, Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #609 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.