кемень

Erzya

Erzya cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : кемень (kemeń)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *keməń, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *küme-ne. Cognates include Moksha кемонь (kemoń), Finnish kymmen, kymmenen, Livonian kim.

Numeral

кемень • (kemeń)

1. ten
   • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎^[1], page 232:

     Сясе ульнесь такодамо ломань, кона ульнесь ормасо колонь кемень кавксо іеть.

     One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кемень”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1350 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.