ченгемс

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Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čeŋke (steam, mist (or) warm), whence Finnish henki (breath; soul), Estonian hing (soul), Udmurt ӝог (džog, heat), Northern Mansi саӈк (saňk).

Pronunciation

Verb

ченгемс (čengems) (present ченги, past ченгсь)

  1. to burn out, to burn down
  2. to fade (in the sun)
  3. to thirst

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ченгемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #106 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.