сивемс

Erzya

Etymology

Contraction of Erzya синдевемс (śinďevems).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲivʲems/

Verb

сивемс • (śivems) (present сиви, past сивсь)

1. (intransitive) to break, break up, fracture

   Synonym: синдевемс (śinďevems)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сивемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #56 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.