аштемс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *äšťəms ~ *aštəms. Ultimately possibly connected to Proto-Mordvinic *äźə-, from Proto-Uralic *ëśe- (“to exist, be located”). Compare also dialectal Erzya eščems and aštoms (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃtʲems/

Verb

аштемс • (ašťems) (present ашти, past аштесь)

1. to stay, be located

   Ошось ашти пандо ало.

   Ošoś ašťi pando alo.

   The city is located at the foot of a mountain.

2. to stand

   аштемс озадо ― ašťems ozado ― to sit

3. to be down
4. to consist of sth
5. to depend on sth
6. to wait
7. to be awake

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN