Words for ’cart wheel’ in Udmurt Dialects Cover Image

Nazvanija teležnogo kolesa v udmurtskich dialektach
Words for ’cart wheel’ in Udmurt Dialects

Author(s): R. Š. Nasibullin
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Udmurt; lexicology; semantics; etymology; loanwords

Summary/Abstract: Relying on the Udmurt Linguistic Atlas the semantics and etymology of some terms related to the cart are discussed. The Udmurt term urobo for ’cart’ is a Volga-Bulgarian loan. Among the words for ’cart wheel’, pogl'an is a genuine Udmurt word, while pityran and tugyl'as are of Volga-Bulgarian origin, and kol'osa has been borrowed from Russian.

  • Issue Year: XLIV/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 41-47
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian