вешемс

Erzya

Alternative forms

• (archaic) вяшемс (väšems)

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Finnic *eccidäk (whence Finnish etsiä, Ludian eččida, Livonian vȯtšõ), Inari Sami uuccâđ and Udmurt утчаны (utćany).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveʃems/, (archaic or dialectal) /ˈvæʃems/

Verb

вешемс • (vešems) (present веши, past вешсь)

1. to ask, apply

   вешемс чумочинь нолдамо ― vešems čumočiń noldamo ― to ask for forgiveness

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 77:

     I vese, meze oznomoso väšťado kämeź, te maksovi tynenk.

     If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

2. to demand, require
3. to want, desire

   Мезе вешат?

   Meze vešat ?

   What do you want?

4. to seek

   Synonym: вешнемс (vešnems)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вешемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN