чавомс
Erzya
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Mordvinic *čavəms~*šavəms, inherited Proto-Finno-Ugric *čaŋɜ- (“to hit”). Cognate with Moksha шавомс (šavoms) and possibly Finnish haava (“wound, sore”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editчавомс • (čavoms) (present чави, past чавсь)
- to beat
- to drive in, to hammer in
- to kill
- to crucify
- 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke[1], page 284:
- А сынь пижакадьсть: саик, саик, эсксэ чавик Сонзэ! Пилат мери тенст: Тыҥк Инязороҥк ли эсксэ чавса?
- But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
References
edit- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чавомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #99 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.