повамс

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *puwa- (“suffocate (vi), drown”). Cognates include Hungarian fojt.

Pronunciation

Verb

повамс • (povams)

  1. to strangle

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “повамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #831 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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