чиемс

Erzya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čijɜ- (“to run”), whence possibly Hungarian siet (“to hurry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃijems/

Verb

чиемс • (čijems) (present чии, past чийсь)

1. to run

   Synonym: (frequentative) чийнемс (čijńems)

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 26:

     Vanytśatne že tšijeźt, i samsto ošs jovtaźt veseme i azargadozetneń kis.

     Those tending [the pigs] ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чиемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #111 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.