ёмамс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *jumams, inherited from Proto-Uralic *jama- (“to be ill ~/-> die”), whence Moksha юмамс (jumams), Northern Sami jápmit, Komi-Zyrian йомаш (jomaš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jomams/

Verb

ёмамс • (jomams) (present ёми, past ёмась)

1. to get lost, to be done
2. to disappear, to vanish
3. to perish
   • 2016, Нуянь Видяз, Поладкстомо‎^[1], page 185:

     Ансяк а шунжамс, а ёмамс те идемевсень лепаня чоподасонть.

     Ańśak a šunžams, a jomams ťe iďemevśeń ľepańa čopodasońť.

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ёмамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #161 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.