кевкстемс

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Erzya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *keźə(v)-~*kiźə(v)-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *küśe-w-. The modern form possibly influenced by Erzya кевкстамс (kevkstams, “to get hard”).

Cognate with Moksha кизефтемс (kiźefťems), Finnish kysyä, Estonian küsida, Veps küzuda, Northern Sami gahčat, Akkala Sami кэһчче (kehčč’e).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

кевкстемс • (kevksťems)

  1. to ask
    ки кевкстемс ― ki kevksťems ― to ask for directions
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 4:
      Seste Irod salava terginze mudretstneń, kevstleź syńst kädstest, kona škane nejevź täštšeś
      Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared

References[edit]

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  • Entry #1352 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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