зярдо

Erzya

Alternative forms

• (suggested by Jack Rueter) зьардо (źardo)

Etymology

From earlier *(mə)źarədə, derived from *meźarə (“how much”), suffixed with *-də (ablative suffix). Cognate with Moksha мъзярда (məźarda).

See Erzya зяро (źaro) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʲardo/

Pronoun

зярдо • (źardo)

1. when (at what time)

   Synonyms: знярдо (zńardo), (archaic) *kosk, *kosko

   • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎^[1], page 69:

     Сясте праведниктъ, отвѣчазь сонензе, ю̂втыть: Пазомъ! зярдо минь неинекъ тонть вачозень, и андынекъ?

     Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you?’

Conjunction

зярдо • (źardo)

1. when, as, while
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 108:

     Teń jutkso, źardo son ozado aštšeź sudijań tarkaso, nize sońze kutšoź jovtams tenze.

     While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message.

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
• Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1865) Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch‎^[2], London: Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien
• Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “kosk”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN