стувтомс

Erzya

Etymology

From earlier *istəvtəms, wherein *i- may be from Proto-Uralic *e- (“not”) and *-vto is from Proto-Uralic *-kta-~*-pta- (causative verb suffix). Compare e- in Finnish estää (“to prevent, forestall”) and -hta in Finnish unohtaa (“to forget”).

Compare also Moksha юкстамс (jukstams, “to forget”).

Verb

стувтомс • (stuvtoms) (present стувты, past стувтсь)

1. to forget
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 57:

     I petškeź tonavlitśanzo sońze ombotse pelev, istovtśt sajems kše.

     When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “стувтомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “stuvtoms”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN