автемс

Erzya

Alternative forms

• автомс (avtoms)

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aŋta- (“to open”). Compare Finnish avata, Northern Mansi [script needed] (āŋkwi, “to open, to take off, to skin”) (both from *aŋa-).

Moksha афтомс (aftoms, “to set a trap, to cast a net”) may be from the Uralic root *ëkta- (“to hang up, to set up a trap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avtʲems/

Verb

автемс • (avťems)

1. to open

   Synonym: панжомс (panžoms)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “автемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN