ченгемс
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
Possibly derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čeŋke (“steam, mist (or) warm”), whence Finnish henki (“breath; soul”), Estonian hing (“soul”), Udmurt ӝог (džog, “heat”), Northern Mansi саӈк (saňk).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ченгемс • (čengems) (present ченги, past ченгсь)
References edit
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ченгемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #106 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.