озамс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ozə-, from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *isɜ- (“to sit (down)”). Related to Proto-Finnic *istudak (whence Finnish istua, Livonian istõ).

Akin to Moksha озамс (ozams).

Verb

озамс • (ozams) (present озы, past озась)

1. 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

• 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.