якамс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jakams, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jakka- (“(to) go, get to”). Cognate with Hungarian iktat (“to authorize; register”).

Verb

якамс • (jakams) (present яки, past якась)

1. to go, walk

   якамс мекев-васов ― jakams mekev-vasov ― to walk back and forth

   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[1], page 246:

     Теде мейле Іисус якась Галилеява. Ведь Сонзэ Іудеява арасель мельзэ якамс: Іудейтьне вешнесть Сонзэ маштомонзо.

     After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “якамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #158 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.