пувамс

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Erzya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *puwɜ-~*puγɜ- (“to blow”) (compare Eastern Mari пуаш (puaš), Hungarian fúj, Tundra Nenets пӯць (pūcʹ°)). Ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

пувамс • (puvams) (present пуви, past пувась)

  1. to blow
    тесэ пуви ― ťese puvi ― it's windy here
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 22:
      I molź pizeme i saź pokš ved, i puvaźt varmat, saźt te kudośt langs, i kudoś eź prak, seks meks putoź uľneź käv langs.
      The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

References[edit]

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пувамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #830 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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