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 stoĺ 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.

     Sesë ulneś Iakovoń liśmazo. Ijisus, kijava molemstë sizeź, ozaś liśmanť vaks.

     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.