ваямс

Erzya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waja- (“to sink”). Cognates include Finnish vajota, Livonian va’jjõ, Northern Sami vuodjut, Udmurt выйыны (vyjyny), Hungarian vejsze.

Verb

ваямс • (vajams)

1. to sink, drown
2. to disappear

Derived terms

• verbal noun: ваямо (vajamo)
• nouns: ваямка (vajamka)
• verbs: ваявтомс (vajavtoms), ваякшномс (vajakšnoms)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ваямс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1105 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.