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аштемс

Pronunciation: /aʃtʲems/

“аштемс” is an Erzya word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stay, be located
  2. to stand
  3. to be down
  4. to consist (of sth)
  5. to depend (on sth)
  6. to wait
  7. to be awake

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *äšťəms ~ *aštəms. Possibly ultimately connected to Proto-Mordvinic *äźə- (found in Erzya эзем (ezem, “bench”)), which is from Proto-Uralic *ëśe- (“to exist, be located”). Compare dialectal Erzya eščems and aštoms (“to live”).

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