автемс

Erzya

Alternative forms

  • автомс (avtoms)

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aŋta- (to open). Compare Finnish avata, Northern Mansi [script needed] (āŋkwi, to open, to take off, to skin) (from *aŋa-).

Moksha афтомс (aftoms, to set a trap, to cast a net) may be from the root *ëkta- (to hang up, to set up a trap).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /avtʲems/

Verb

автемс • (avťems)

  1. to open
    Synonym: панжомс (panžoms)

References

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