сускомс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *soske- (“to bite, chew”). Cognate with Northern Sami suoskat, Kildin Sami сӯсскэ (sūsske), Udmurt сыскыны (syskyny).

Verb

сускомс • (suskoms) (present суски, past сусксь)

1. to bite

   Synonym: поремс (poŕems)

   Иля пеле, те кискась а суски.

   Iľa peľe, ťe kiskaś a suski .

   Don't worry, this dog doesn't bite.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сускомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #909 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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Verb

сускомс • (suskoms)

1. to bite