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минь
минь
Moksha
Etymology
Of Proto-Uralic origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (minʹ), Northern Sami mī, Finnish me, Eastern Mari [script needed] (me, mä), Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets [script needed] (mańaʾ), Selkup [script needed] (mee).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲinʲ/
Pronoun
минь • (minʹ)
Pronoun
минь • (minʹ)
- (first person plural) we
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | мон (mon) | минь (minʹ) |
| genitive | монь (monʹ) | минь (minʹ) |
| dative | тейне (tejne) | тейнек (tejnek) |
| ablative | мондедон (mondedon) | миндедонк (mindedonk) |
| inessive | моньцон (monʹcon) | миньцонк (minʹconk) |
| elative | моньцтон (monʹcton) | миньцтонк (minʹctonk) |
| illative | — | — |
| prolative | — | — |
| comparative | моньшкан (monʹškan) | миньшканк (minʹškank) |
| translative | — | — |
| abessive | моньфтемон (monʹftemon) | миньфтемонк (minʹftemonk) |
| causative | — | — |
The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (monʹ inkson, “because of me”) for causative.
Pronoun
минь • (minʹ)
- (first person plural possessive) our
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | миннет (minnet) |
| genitive | минь (minʹ) | — |
| dative | — | — |
| ablative | миннеда (minneda) | — |
| inessive | миннеса (minnesa) | — |
| elative | миннеста (minnesta) | — |
| illative | миннес (minnes) | — |
| prolative | миннева (minneva) | — |
| comparative | миннешка (minneška) | — |
| translative | миннекс (minneks) | — |
| abessive | миннефтома (minneftoma) | — |
| causative | минненкса (minnenksa) | — |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | миннесь (minnesʹ) | миннетне (minnetne) |
| genitive | миннеть (minnetʹ) | миннетнень (minnetnenʹ) |
| dative | миннети (minneti) | миннетненди (minnetnendi) |
Derived terms
- минцень (mincenʹ)
References
Citations
- ↑ meie in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, ISBN 978-9985-79-478-4
- ↑ минь (minʹ) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
Sources
- Indefinite and definite paradigms of минь (minʹ) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, ISBN 5 7595 0822 9, page 19
- Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (monʹ) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, ISBN 5 7595 0822 9, page 21