#munn (#muna also means #penis in #Ludian, #Khanti, #Selkup and apparently #Hungarian), which is quite surprising because of its similarity to #muna, egg, and muna or #munand, #ball or #testicle, between which two meanings it hovers from one FU (sorry, not the right context for certain
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whereas #lõhmus and its #Finnish, #Ludian and #Veps equivalents (#lehmus, #lehmuz & #l’ehmuz) mean #linden, in #Erzya and #Moksha (l’evš & l’evəš), it refers to the more economically relevant part of the tree, its bast. And #lõhmus was also called #niinepuu, or bast tree, before gradually giving
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#shelter, hut or stopover, as suggested by its neighboring #Izhorian, #Karelian, #Ludian and, to a lesser extent #Finnish, #Livonian and #Votic. Records date back to 1374, known as #Suddenpe in 1421, prob. #MLG+#OldEst. for “On the marsh” (südde/sudde = morass or swamp + pe>pea) (see #Narva).
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raises interesting parallels in the sense of beginnings. Close to this, other FU language cognates suggest weak, insipid (and hence easily exploited) #trees: #Veps hago: windbreak; #Votic hako: weathered tree; #Ludian hago, flawed tree…
#Beginnings #Algused
#Nature #Loodus
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(itself possibly related to Finnish luoja, #creator, or to a hypothetical verb such as *luotaa, to descend), #Karelian luuveh for west or #southwest, #Livonian lūod and #Ludian luodeh for vanilla west, and back to #Veps and #Votic with lode / lodeh and loo / looto / looõ for northwest or west,
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