Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From куд (kud, house) +‎ -фтома (-ftoma, without, abessive suffix). Cognate with Finnish koditon.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

кудфтома (kudftoma)

  1. indefinite singular abessive of куд (kud)

Adjective edit

кудфтома (kudftoma)

  1. homeless
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      бездомный (о человеке) — кудфтома
      bezdomnij (o čeloveke) — kudftoma
      homeless (about a person) [in Russian] — homeless
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Алясь лядсь кудфтома.
      Aľaś ľadś kudftoma .
      The man was left homeless.