Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Cognates include Northern Sami goddet (to hunt reindeer), Finnish kunne, Northern Mansi [script needed] (χɔ̄nt-).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

кунда́мс (kundáms)

  1. (transitive) to catch
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 30
      кундасамак
      kundasamak
      you [sg.] will catch me
      кундасамань
      kundasamań
      he will catch me
      кундасамасть
      kundasamasť
      you [pl.] will catch me (~ us)
      кундасамазь
      kundasamaź
      they will catch me (~ us)
  2. (transitive) to arrest
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      арестовать — пякстамс, кундамс
      aŕestovať — päkstams, kundams
      to arrest [in Russian] — to arrest
  3. (transitive) to get to (to start doing something, to undertake something)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      браться — ушедкшнемс, кундамс (начинать)
      braťśa — ušedkšńems, kundams (načinať)
      to get to [in Russian] — to get to (to start [in Russian])
      браться за дело — кундамс тевс
      braťśa za ďelo — kundams ťevs
      to get to it [in Russian] — to get to it, to get to work
  4. (transitive) to attach to someone or something (as with claws, etc.)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      вцепиться — кундамс, кярьмодемс
      vćepiťśa — kundams , käŕmoďems
      to attach [in Russian] — to attach
  5. (transitive) to fish out (to manage to catch a fish by angling, etc., and any figurative senses thereof)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      выудить — кундамс (поймать)
      viuďiť — kundams (pojmať)
      to fish out [in Russian] — to fish out (to catch [in Russian])
  6. (transitive) to detain
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      задержать — кундамс (поймать)
      zaďeržať — kundams (pojmať)
      to detain [in Russian] — to detain (to catch [in Russian])
  7. (transitive) to catch, reach (to manage to meet someone or to reach them by phone, etc.)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      застать — сатомс, кундамс
      zastať — satoms, kundams
      to catch, reach [in Russian] — to catch, reach

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ кундамс (kundams) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Further reading edit

  • Objective conjugation of кундамс (kundams) in present, first past and second past in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 30