саламс
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Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *salams, inherited from Proto-Uralic *sala (“conceal, keep (sg) secret, steal; thief”). Compare Finnish sala (“secret”), salata (“to conceal, keep secret, cover up, hide”), Võro sala (“spy, thief”), Northern Sami suola, Eastern Mari шолы (šoly, “thief”).
Pronunciation
Verb
саламс • (salams)
- to steal
- саламс ярмакт ― salams jarmakt ― to steal money
- to rob
- саламс банк(а) ― salams bank(a) ― to rob a bank
- to abduct, hijack
- Террористтнэ саласть самолёт.
- Ťerroŕisttne salaśť samoľot.
- The terrorists hijacked a plane.
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “саламс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #871 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.