автемс

Erzya

Alternative forms

  • автомс (avtoms)

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aŋta- (“to open”). Compare Finnish avata, Livonian ovātõ, Northern Mansi [script needed] (āŋkwi, “to open, to take off, to skin”) (both from *aŋa-).

Moksha афтомс (aftoms, “to set a trap, to cast a net”) may be from the Uralic root *ëkta- (“to hang up, to set up a trap”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /avtʲems/

Verb

автемс • (avtems)

  1. to open
    Synonym: панжомс (panžoms)
    удомадо мейле автемс курго ― udomado mejle avtems kurgo ― to yawn after sleep (literally, “to open one's mouth [...]”)

Conjugation

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “автемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
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