алтамс

• (dated) алстамс (alstams)

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *alɜ- (“to recite an incantation, cast a spell on, enchant”). Cognate with Eastern Mari улдаш (uldaš, “to pray”).

• IPA^(key): /altams/

алтамс • (altams) (present алты, past алтась)

1. to promise

   тейтересь алтась самс ― tejtereś altaś sams ― the daughter promised to come

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 50:

     Seń kis son božamo marto altaź sonenze maksoms, meze väši.

     That he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

2. to devote, to dedicate

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• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “алтамс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #9 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.