ваямс

Erzya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waja- (“to sink”). Cognates include Finnish vajota, Livonian va’jjõ, Northern Sami vuodjut, Udmurt выйыны (vyjyny), Hungarian vejsze.

Verb

ваямс • (vajams)

  1. to sink, drown
  2. to disappear

Derived terms
  • verbal noun: ваямо (vajamo)
  • nouns: ваямка (vajamka)
  • verbs: ваявтомс (vajavtoms), ваякшномс (vajakšnoms)

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ваямс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1105 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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