вешемс
Erzya
editAlternative forms
edit- (archaic) вяшемс (väšems)
Etymology
editPossibly related to Proto-Finnic *eccidäk (whence Finnish etsiä, Ludian eččida, Livonian vȯtšõ), Inari Sami uuccâđ and Udmurt утчаны (utćany).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editвешемс • (vešems) (present веши, past вешсь)
- to ask, apply
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 77:
- I vese, meze oznomoso väšťado kämeź, te maksovi tynenk.
- If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
- to demand, require
- to want, desire
- to seek
- Synonym: вешнемс (vešńems)
References
edit- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вешемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN