потявтомс

Erzya

Etymology

A causative derivation from потя- (poťa-, “to suckle”) +‎ -вто (-vto) +‎ -мс (-ms).

Verb

потявтомс • (poťavtoms) (present потявты, past потявтсь)

  1. to milk
    Сон потявты скалт.
    Son poťavti skalt.
    She milks cows.
  2. to breastfeed
    потявтомс эйкакш ― poťavtoms ejkakš ― to breastfeed a baby

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “потявтомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.