лексемс

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *läkkä- (“to breathe”). Compare Finnish läkähtää, läkähtyä, Estonian läkatama.

Verb

лексемс • (ľekśems) (present лекси, past лексесь)

  1. to breathe
    лексемс судонь пачк ― ľekśems sudoń pačk ― to breathe through the nose

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лексемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1367 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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