тердемс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťeŕďəms, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tirdi- (whence Latvian tirt (“(to) question, interrogate”), Lithuanian tìrti (“learn, find out; search; examine”), tirdīt (“badger, interrogate persistently; disturb, curse, persuade”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲerʲdʲems/

Verb

тердемс • (ťerďems) (present терди, past тердсь)

1. to call sb, ask sb (to dance etc.)
   • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎^[1], page 213:

     Пилатъ же, тердиньзе Архіерейтнень и начальниктнень народонть гакъ.

     Pilat že, ťerďińźe Arhіeŕejtńeń i načaľńiktńeń narodonť gak.

     Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people.

2. to invite sb

References

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