потмо

Erzya

Etymology

From [Early] Proto-Mordvinic *putma, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *putmō (whence Lithuanian putmuõ (“swollen place, swelling”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potmo/

Noun

потмо • (potmo)

1. the inside of something
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 3:

     Iosif, tśora Davideń, iľa peľt sajems Marijań, kozikat tońt; tšatšeź sońze potmosonzo sv’ätoi oimeste.

     Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

2. bosom
3. bottom

Declension

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References

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