озамс
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mordvinic *ozə-, from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *isɜ- (“to sit (down)”). Related to Proto-Finnic *istudak (whence Finnish istua, Livonian istõ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]озамс • (ozams) (present озы, past озась)
- to sit down
- озамс столь экшс ― ozams stoľ ekšs ― to sit down at the table
- 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke[1], page 233:
- Сесэ ульнесь Іаковонь лисьмазо. Іисус, кіява молемстэ сизезь, озась лисьманть вакс.
- Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well.
References
[edit]- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “озамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1233 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.