Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *kuləms, from Proto-Uralic *kale-. Cognates include Finnish kuolla, Eastern Mari колаш (kolaš), Udmurt кулыны (kulyny) and Hungarian hal, Northern Mansi хо̄луӈкве (hōluňkwe).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuloms/
  • Rhymes: -oms
  • Hyphenation: ку‧ломс

Verb

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куломс (kuloms) (present кулы, past кулось)

  1. to die
    куломс ченгемадоkuloms čengemadoto die of thirst
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke[1], page 285:
      А кода мольсть Іисус вакс да неизь, што Сон уж кулось, эзизь поркса Сонзэ кумажанзо.
      But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

Derived terms

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “куломс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #339 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *kuləms, from Proto-Uralic *kale-. Cognates include Erzya куломс (kuloms), Finnish kuolla, Northern Mansi хо̄луӈкве (hōluňkwe), Hungarian hal

Verb

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куломс (kuloms) (present кулы, past кулось)

  1. to die