ломань
Appearance
Erzya
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mordvinic *lomań, wherein *-ń may be a noun suffix, as in e.g. Erzya сёвонь (śovoń, “clay”). The further origin is uncertain. Sometimes compared with Proto-Samic *olmōńčë, whence Kildin Sami олмэнч (olmenč), олма (olma, “person, human”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ломань • (lomań)
- man (human being)
- ёроков ломань ― jorokov lomań ― a talented person
- 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 27:
- Jutamsto tosto Jisus nejeź lomań, konań lemze Matvei, ozado pošlina purnamoń ikeľde.
- As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.
Declension
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References
[edit]- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ломань”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
Moksha
[edit]Noun
[edit]ломань • (lomań)
- man (human being)