паломс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *paləms, from Proto-Uralic *pala- (“to burn; devour”). Cognate with Finnish palaa, Kildin Sami пӯллэ (pūlle), Hungarian fal.

Verb

паломс • (paloms)

1. to burn

   Тарадтнэ начкт, палыть беряньстэ.

   Taradtne načkt, paliť beŕańste.

   Damp branches do not burn well.

2. to freeze, to feel cold

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “паломс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #700 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.