вешемс

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Erzya[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to Proto-Finnic *eccidäk (whence Finnish etsiä, Ludian eččida, Veps ectä), Northern Sami ohcat and Udmurt утчаны (utćany).

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Verb[edit]

вешемс (vešems) (present веши, past вешсь)

  1. to ask, apply
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 77:
      I vese, meze oznomoso väšťado kämeź, te maksovi tynenk.
      If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
  2. to demand, require
  3. to want, desire
  4. to seek
    Synonym: вешнемс (vešńems)

References[edit]

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вешемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN