ярсамс

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Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *jarsams. Possibly related to Finnish järsiä (“to gnaw”). Ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ярсамс • (jarsams) (present ярсы, past ярсась)

  1. to eat
    Synonym: сэвемс (sevems)
    • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎[1], page 36:
      И ярцасть вясеть, и пешкедсть: и пурнасть ліяцть сускомнеть кемькавто кошельть пешксеть.
      They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ярсамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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