вайгель

Erzya

Etymology

Compounded from вай (vaj, interjection) + кель (keľ, tongue), wherein the first component is onomatopoeic.

Cognate with Moksha вайгяль (vajgäľ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvajɡʲelʲ/
  • Hyphenation: вай‧гель

Noun

вайгель • (vajgeľ)

  1. voice
    гайгиця вайгель
    gajgića vajgeľ
    a bright voice
    авань вайгель
    avań vajgeľ
    a woman's voice
  2. sound
    роялень вайгель
    rojaľeń vajgeľ
    piano sounds

Declension

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “вайгель”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume I, Joškar Ola, page 37
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