явомс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *javəms, inherited from Proto-Uralic *jëka- (“to divide”), whence Finnish jakaa, Kildin Sami ю̄гке (jūgk’e), Komi-Zyrian юкны (jukny).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /javoms/

Verb

явомс • (javoms) (present яви, past явсь)

  1. to divide
    А яван мель.
    A javan meľ.
    I don't care.
    кавксонть явомс нилев ― kavksonť javoms ńiľev ― to divide eight by four

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “явомс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #157 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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