ярсамс
Erzya
editAlternative forms
edit- (obsolete) ярцамс (jarcams)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Mordvinic *jarsams. Possibly related to Finnish järsiä (“to gnaw”). Ultimately onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editярсамс • (jarsams) (present ярсы, past ярсась)
- to eat
- Synonym: сэвемс (sevems)
- 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 36:
- И ярцасть вясеть, и пешкедсть: и пурнасть ліяцть сускомнеть кемькавто кошельть пешксеть.
- They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.