ломань

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lomań, wherein *-ń may be a noun suffix, as in Erzya сёвонь (śovoń, “clay”). The further origin is uncertain. Sometimes compared with Proto-Samic *olmōńčë, whence Kildin Sami олмэнч (olmenč, “person, human”).

According to Tsygankin, the word was borrowed from an Iranian language and is related to the dialectal Eastern Mari ульмо (uĺmo, “husband, man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ломань • (lomań)

  1. man (human being)
    ёроков ломань ― jorokov lomań ― a talented person
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 27:
      Jutamsto tosto Jisus nejeź lomań, konań lemze Matvei, ozado pošlina purnamoń ikeľde.
      As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “ломань”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Moksha

Noun

ломань • (lomań)

  1. man (human being)
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