вечкемс

Erzya

Etymology

Perhaps related to вешемс (vešems, “to ask, apply; demand, require; want; seek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vet͡ʃkems/

Verb

вечкемс • (večkems) (present вечки, past вечксь)

1. to love

   Мон (тонь) вечктян.

   Mon (toń) večkťan .

   I love you.

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 15:

     Tyń marink, meze jovtaź uli: vetškik malavikst tońt, i ilik vetške avetškitśat tońt.

     You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

     (literally, “[...] and don't love your enemy.”)

2. to like

   вечкемс спорт ― večkems sport ― to like sports

3. to respect

   Synonym: арнемс (arńems)

   вечкезь ваномс ― večkeź vanoms ― to look with respect

References

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