Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *andəms, from Proto-Uralic *ëmta- (to give). Cognates include Finnish antaa, Livonian andõ, Northern Sami vuovdit, Udmurt удыны (udyny), Komi-Zyrian удны (udny), Hungarian ad.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /andoms/
  • Rhymes: -oms
  • Hyphenation: ан‧домс

Verb

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андомс (andoms)

  1. to feed
    андомс кудораськеandoms kudoraśketo feed a family

References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “андомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #11 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.