трямс

Erzya

Alternative forms

• тирямс (ťiŕams)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *təŕams~*ťəŕams, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *terɜ- (“to feed, bring up”). Cognates include Komi-Permyak тӧравны (töravny), тӧрасьны (töraśny, “to care, look after”).

Verb

трямс • (tŕams) (present три, past трясь)

1. to feed
2. to bring up, raise, rear

Derived terms

• adjectives: тиринь (ťiŕiń, “native”)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “трямс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1641 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.