ломань

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lomań, wherein *-ń may be a noun suffix, as in e.g. Erzya сёвонь (śovoń, “clay”). The further origin is uncertain. Sometimes compared with Proto-Samic *olmōńčë, whence Kildin Sami олмэнч (olmenč), олма (olma, “person, human”).

Noun

ломань • (lomań)

1. man (human being)

   ёроков ломань ― jorokov lomań ― a talented person

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 27:

     Jutamsto tosto Jisus nejeź lomań, konań lemze Matvei, ozado pošlina purnamoń ikeľde.

     As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.

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References

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

Moksha

Noun

ломань • (lomań)

1. man (human being)