Erzya edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Erzya тюремс (ťuŕems, to fight).

First coined by bishop Damaskin in 1785 as тюрьме (ťuŕme).

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Noun edit

тюрема (ťuŕema)

  1. verbal noun of тюремс (ťuŕems)
  2. war
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 89:
      Isťaže maŕatado pukštaiń tuŕmede i voinado maŕavkst; vanodo, iľado pele, seks eŕavi vese tenen ulems, no te nejak avoľ peś.
      You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
  3. battle; fight

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тюрема”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1652 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.