Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *udəms, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ade-. Cognates include Northern Sami oađđit, Kildin Sami вуэдтӭ (vuedt’e) and Hungarian alszik.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /udoms/
  • Rhymes: -oms
  • Hyphenation: у‧домс

Verb edit

удомс (udoms) (present уды, past удось)

  1. to sleep
    домкасто удомсdomkasto udomsto sleep deeply
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 29:
      Seste meŕź tenst: lisede ušov, seks eź kuloź tehteŕś, no udy. I pejedeźt langsonzo.
      He said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.
      (literally, “[...] not dead but sleeping.”)

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “удомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #660 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Moksha edit

Verb edit

удомс (udoms)

  1. to sleep