тюрема

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *tuŕəma, derived from *tuŕə- (“to fight”) +‎ *-ma.

First coined by bishop Damaskin in 1785 as тюрьме (ťuŕme).

Noun

тюрема • (ťurema)

1. verbal noun of тюремс (ťurems)
2. war
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 89:

     Isťaže maŕatado pukštaiń tuŕmede i voinado maŕavkst; vanodo, iľado pele, seks eŕavi vese tenen ulems, no te nejak avoľ peś.

     You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

3. battle; fight

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тюрема”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1652 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.