Erzya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *väžə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *wäšä (small, little). Cognate with Finnish vähä, Estonian vähe, väike.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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вишка (viška)

  1. small
    Synonyms: вишкине (viškińe), апокш (apokš)
    Лей куншкасо ульнесь вишка усия.
    Ľej kunškaso uľńeś viška uśija.
    There was a small island in the middle of the river.

References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вишка”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1701 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From ви́щий (výščyj) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Russian вы́шка (výška).

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Noun

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ви́шка (výškaf inan (genitive ви́шки, nominative plural ви́шки, genitive plural ви́шок)

  1. tower
  2. derrick (framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well)
  3. (slang) death penalty
    Synonyms: ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння f (výšča míra pokaránnja), сме́ртна ка́ра f (smértna kára)

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