ойме

Erzya

Etymology

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.

Noun

ойме • (ojme)

  1. soul, spirit
    ломанень ойме ― lomańeń ojme ― the 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.

Declension

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Derived terms
  • verbs: оймамс (ojmams), оймиямс (ojmijams)
  • nouns: ойметькс (ojmeťks)

References
  • 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, London: Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien
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