ёмас

Northern Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *jomɜ (jamɜ).[1] Cognates include Eastern Khanty ем (jem) and Hungarian jó.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jomas]

Adjective

ёмас (ëmas) (comparative ёмаснув, superlative сяр ёмас) (Sosva)

  1. good
  2. nice
  3. right

References
  1. Entry #1760 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading
  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “ёмас”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ) [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
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