Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *kandəms, from Proto-Uralic *kanta-. Cognates include Erzya кандомс (kandoms), Finnish kantaa, Northern Sami guoddit, Eastern Mari кондаш (kondaš).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

кандомс (kandoms)

  1. (transitive) to carry
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 9
      канттада
      kanttada
      you [pl.] are carrying
      канттама
      kanttama
      we are carrying
      кантт
      kantt
      carry(!)
    • Fenno-Ugrica
      Кантк кить малас и мрдак, Ермил Ерофеич!
      Kantk kiť malas i mrdak, Jermil Jerofejič!
      Carry towards the road and return, Jermil Jerofeič!

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ кандомс (kandoms) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus