чавомс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *čavəms~*šavəms, inherited Proto-Finno-Ugric *čaŋɜ- (“to hit”). Cognate with Moksha шавомс (šavoms) and possibly Finnish haava (“wound, sore”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃavoms/

Verb

чавомс • (čavoms) (present чави, past чавсь)

  1. to beat
  2. to drive in, to hammer in
  3. to kill
  4. to crucify
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎, page 284:
      А сынь пижакадьсть: саик, саик, эсксэ чавик Сонзэ! Пилат мери тенст: Тыҥк Инязороҥк ли эсксэ чавса?
      A siń pižakaďsť: sajik, sajik, eskse čavik Sonze! Pilat meŕi ťenst: Tiҥk Ińazoroҥk ľi eskse čavsa ?
      But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чавомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #99 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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