Moksha

Verb

кунда́мс • ‎(kundáms)

1. (transitive) to catch
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, ISBN 5 7595 0822 9, page 30

     кундасамак‎

     kundasamak

     you [sg.] will catch me

     кундасамань‎

     kundasamanʹ

     he will catch me

     кундасамасть‎

     kundasamastʹ

     you [pl.] will catch me (~ us)

     кундасамазь‎

     kundasamazʹ

     they will catch me (~ us)

2. (transitive) to arrest
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, ISBN 978-5-91940-080-6

     арестовать — пякстамс, кундамс‎

     arestovatʹ — pjakstams, kundams

     to arrest [in Russian] — to arrest

3. (transitive) to get to (to start doing something, to undertake something)
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, ISBN 978-5-91940-080-6

     браться — ушедкшнемс, кундамс (начинать)‎

     bratʹsja — ušedkšnems, kundams (načinatʹ)

     to get to [in Russian] — to get to (to start [in Russian])

     браться за дело — кундамс тевс‎

     bratʹsja za delo — kundams tevs

     to get to it [in Russian] — to get to it, to get to work

4. (transitive) to attach to someone or something (as with claws, etc.)
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, ISBN 978-5-91940-080-6

     вцепиться — кундамс, кярьмодемс‎

     vcepitʹsja — kundams, kjarʹmodems

     to attach [in Russian] — to attach

5. (transitive) to fish out (to manage to catch a fish by angling, etc., and any figurative senses thereof)
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, ISBN 978-5-91940-080-6

     выудить — кундамс (поймать)‎

     vyuditʹ — kundams (pojmatʹ)

     to fish out [in Russian] — to fish out (to catch [in Russian])

6. (transitive) to detain
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, ISBN 978-5-91940-080-6

     задержать — кундамс (поймать)‎

     zaderžatʹ — kundams (pojmatʹ)

     to detain [in Russian] — to detain (to catch [in Russian])

7. (transitive) to catch, reach (to manage to meet someone or to reach them by phone, etc.)
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, ISBN 978-5-91940-080-6

     застать — сатомс, кундамс‎

     zastatʹ — satoms, kundams

     to catch, reach [in Russian] — to catch, reach

Conjugation

Derived terms

• кундай ‎(kundaj)
• кундама ‎(kundama)
• кундафкс ‎(kundafks)

References

Citations

1. ↑ кундамс ‎(kundams) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Sources

• Objective conjugation of кундамс ‎(kundams) in present, first past and second past in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, ISBN 5 7595 0822 9, page 30