синдемс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *śinďəms, likely inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćäŋkɜ~*śäŋkɜ (“to break, cut”), whence Udmurt чигыны (ćigyny), Hungarian szeg (“to hem, fringe”). Other possible cognates include Finnish sänki (“stubble”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʲiɲdʲems/

Verb

синдемс • (śinďems) (present синди, past синдсь)

  1. (transitive) to break, fracture

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “синдемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #56 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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