ойме

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Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *vajmə~*vojmə, from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe (spirit, soul). Akin to Moksha вайме (vajme), Estonian vaim (spirit, soul), Finnish vaimo (wife), Hungarian vágy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ойме (ojme)

  1. soul, spirit
    ломанень оймеlomańeń ojmethe human soul
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 8:
      Seste Jisus oimse veďaź uľneź pustyńas mańamoń kis šaitansto.
      Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted.

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ойме”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1678 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1865) Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch[1], London: Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien