The timeliness of the study is caused by the following factors: semantic fields of verbs of motion in the Erzya and Hungarian languages are currently understudied, they are not thoroughly described as a semantic-component system; there are almost few works dealing with functioning of verbs of motion in speech. Subject of research is the verbs of motion in the Erzya and Hungarian languages. The purpose of research is to make an integrated description of functional-semantic peculiarities of verbs of motion in the Erzya and Hungarian languages in a comparative perspective. The paper draws on definitional-semantical, semantic- component, semantic-syntactical, comparative methods. Theoretical and methodological background is composed of works devoted to the systematic study of meaningful components of the word’s symbolic meaning, to the revealing of lexical semantics through the notion of lexical-semantic variation, and also of works concerned with the study of semantic groups of verbs. The material for the analysis is presented by the verbs of motion used in “Mastorava” epic. This paper gives a through account of the verbs of motion in terms of their lexical-semantic properties and functioning. Structure of the semantic field of verbs of motion was revealed, their basic meanings clarified and categorised. Analysis of the use of verbs of motion in the text showed that they, as a rule, are determined by the context. Verbs of motion in the Erzya and Hungarian languages constitute a particular semantic field, in other words, lexical-semantic system based on the integral features of these verbs. Therefore, they can be considered as synonyms. List of verbs of motion (moving) is not exhaustive and always remains open, as any languages have many phrasal verbs of motion with the meaning of motion, moving in space, state changes, etc. Verbs of motion in the Erzya and Hungarian languages represent a microsystem, that is characterised by the systemic relationships along with a pronounced synonymic relations.