ичемс

Erzya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ičɜ- (“to press, squeeze, push (against)”), whence Eastern Mari ишыкташ (išyktaš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it͡ʃems/

Verb

ичемс • (ičems) (present ичи, past ичсь)

1. to knead

   ичемс чапакс ― ičems čapaks ― to knead dough

2. to rumple, to crumple, to wrinkle

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ичемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #143 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.