Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Erzya пурьгине (puŕgińe) appears unrelated (perhaps from an Indo-European source, compare Latvian pērkons). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

атям (aťam)

  1. thunder
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      атя/м, -пт
      aťa / m , -pt
      thunder, -s
      Атям (атям мархта пизепт)
      Aťam (aťam marhta piźept)
      Thunder (thunder with rain)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ at́am in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch