ломань
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *lomań, wherein *-ń may be a noun-forming suffix. The further origin is uncertain. Sometimes compared with Proto-Samic *olmōńčë, whence Kildin Sami олмэнч (olmenč), олма (olma, “person, human”).
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Noun edit
ломань • (lomań)
- man (human being)
- ёроков ломань ― jorokov lomań ― a talented person
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 27:
- Jutamsto tosto Jisus nejeź lomań, konań lemze Matvei, ozado pošlina purnamoń ikeľde.
- As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.
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Noun edit
ломань • (lomań)
- man (human being)