синдемс

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Erzya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *śinďəms, likely inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćäŋkɜ~*śäŋkɜ (to break, cut), whence Udmurt чигыны (ćigyny), Hungarian szeg (to hem, fringe). Other possible cognates include Finnish sänki (stubble).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

синдемс (śinďems) (present синди, past синдсь)

  1. (transitive) to break, fracture

References[edit]

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “синдемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #56 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.