Erzya

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Etymology

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кадо- (kado-) + -во (-vo) + -мс (-ms)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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кадовомс (kadovoms) (present кадови, past кадовсь)

  1. to stay, remain
    Арсинек кадовомс тей.
    Arśińek kadovoms ťej.
    We decided to stay here.
  2. to get lost, lose one's way
    Минь кадовинек кистэнть.
    Miń kadovińek kistenť.
    We got lost.

References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кадовомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #221 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.