чангодемс

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Uralic *čäŋkȣ- (“to help”), whence Hungarian segít.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaŋɡodʲems/

Verb

чангодемс • (čangoďems) (present чангоди, past чангодсь)

1. (dated) to help, to have mercy

   Synonym: лездамс (ľezdams)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чангодемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #104 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.