арсемс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *arśə-, via earlier *arə-śə-, possibly inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *arwa~*arγa (“price, value”) (whence Proto-Finnic *arvo (“worth, value”)), itself borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás, compare Sanskrit अर्घ (argha, “worth, value”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /arʲsʲems/

Verb

арсемс • (arśems)

  1. to think, consider
    арсемс вейсэнь эрямодо
    arśems vejseń eŕamodo
    to think about moving in together
  2. to suppose
  3. to wish
  4. to dream

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “арсемс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  • Entry #26 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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