Erzya edit

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Etymology edit

Possibly related to Proto-Finnic *eccidäk (whence Finnish etsiä, Ludian eččida, Veps ectä), Northern Sami ohcat and Udmurt утчаны (utćany).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

вешемс (vešems) (present веши, past вешсь)

  1. to ask, apply
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 77:
      I vese, meze oznomoso väšťado kämeź, te maksovi tynenk.
      If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
  2. to demand, require
  3. to want, desire
  4. to seek
    Synonym: вешнемс (vešńems)

References edit

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