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Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *keźə(v)-~*kiźə(v)-, from Proto-Finno-Permic *küśe-w-. Cognates include Moksha кизефтемс (kiźefťems), Finnish kysyä, Estonian küsida, Veps küzuda, Northern Sami gahčat, Akkala Sami кэһчче (kehčč’e).
The modern Erzya form possibly influenced by Erzya кевкстамс (kevkstams, “to get hard”).
Pronunciation
Verb
кевкстемс • (kevkśťems) (present кевксти, past кевкстсь)
- to ask
- ки кевкстемс ― ki kevkśťems ― to ask for directions
1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 48:Meile kevstinze synst Jisus: tšarkodink li tynk vese teń? Kortlit tenze: tšarkodinek, pazom.- “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied.
References
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
- Entry #1352 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.