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Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťejəms, compare Erzya теемс (ťejems), from Proto-Uralic *teke-. Cognate with Finnish tehdä, Karelian tehtä, Estonian tegema, Hungarian tesz.

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Verb edit

тиемс (ťijems)

  1. (transitive) to make
  2. (transitive) to do
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Мезе тинь ёратада (тон ёрат) тиемс?
      Meźe ťiń joratada (ton jorat) ťijems ?
      What do you [pl.] (you [sg.]) want to do?
    • Fenno-Ugrica
      Урядниксь (попавати). Матушка, тик обыск тейнза! (Попавась тии личнай обыск Надежда Петровнанди. Урядниксь—Лавровонди).
      Uŕadńikś (popavaťi). Matuška, ťik obisk ťejnza! (Popavaś ťiji ľičnaj obisk Naďežda Petrovnanďi. Uŕadńikś—Lavrovonďi).
      Village constable (addressing pop's wife(?)). Mother, perform a search (~ patdown) on her! (Pop's wife performs a search on Nadežda Petrovna. Village constable — on Lavrov).

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