пиже

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *piša (“bile, gall”).[1][2] The word пиже (piže, “green”) can also be used to indicate the metal “copper”, which is probably due to the color of oxidation. This could be related to the Northern Sami word fiskat (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

пиже • (piže)

  1. (chemistry) copper
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      медь — пиже
      medʹ — piže
      copper [in Russian] — copper

Adjective

пиже • (piže)

  1. green
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      зелёный — пиже
      zeljonyj — piže
      green [in Russian] — green

Declension
Indefinite declension of пиже (front-vowel stem (ки) type)
singular plural
nominative пиже (piže) пижеть (pižetʹ)
genitive пижень (piženʹ) —
dative пиженень (piženenʹ) —
ablative пижеде (pižede) —
inessive пижесэ (pižese) —
elative пижестэ (pižeste) —
illative пижес (pižes) —
prolative пижева (piževa) —
translative пижекс (pižeks) —
comparative пижешка (pižeška) —
abessive пижевтеме (piževteme) —

See also
Colors in Erzya · тюст (tjust) (layout · text)
     ашо (ašo)      макшас (makšas)      раужо (raužo)
             якстере (jakstere) ; вединзей (vedinzej)              _ ; тюжа (tjuža)              ожо (ožo) ; ожоза (ožoza) ожола (ožola)
             пижожо (pižožo) пижела (pižela)              пиже (piže)             
                          сэняжа (senjaža)              сэнь (senʹ)
             уроске (uroske) ; сэньгере (senʹgere)                          

References
  1. Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  2. Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mordovskix (erzjanskovo i mokšanskovo) jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Joškar Ola, page 351
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