синдемс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *śinďəms, likely inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćäŋkɜ~*śäŋkɜ (“to break, cut”), whence Udmurt чигыны (ćigyny), Hungarian szeg (“to hem, fringe”). Other possible cognates include Finnish sänki (“stubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲiɲdʲems/

Verb

синдемс • (śinďems) (present синди, past синдсь)

1. (transitive) to break, fracture

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “синдемс”, 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.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.