тердемс
Erzya
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Mordvinic *ťeŕďəms, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tirdi- (whence Latvian tirt (“(to) question, interrogate”), Lithuanian tìrti (“learn, find out; search; examine”), tirdīt (“badger, interrogate persistently; disturb, curse, persuade”)).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editтердемс • (ťerďems) (present терди, past тердсь)
- to call sb, ask sb (to dance etc.)
- 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 213:
- Пилатъ же, тердиньзе Архіерейтнень и начальниктнень народонть гакъ.
- Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people.
- to invite sb
References
edit- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тердемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN