ёмамс

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Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jumams, inherited from Proto-Uralic *jama- (to be ill ~/-> die), whence Moksha юмамс (jumams), Northern Sami jápmit, Komi-Zyrian йомаш (jomaš).

Pronunciation

Verb

ёмамс (jomams) (present ёми, past ёмась)

  1. to get lost, to be done
  2. to disappear, to vanish
  3. to perish
    • 2016, Нуянь Видяз, Поладкстомо, page 185:
      Ансяк а шунжамс, а ёмамс те идемевсень лепаня чоподасонть.
      Ańśak a šunžams, a jomams ťe iďemevśeń ľepańa čopodasońť.
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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ёмамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #161 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.