Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *liti.

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Verb edit

ли́я (líja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ли́на)

  1. Nonstandard form of ле́я (léja, to pour liquid).

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Erzya edit

Etymology edit

See Moksha лия (ľija).

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Adjective edit

лия (ľija)

  1. other, another, else
    Тейтересь лия велень.
    Ťejťeŕeś ľija veľeń.
    The girl is from another village.

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лия”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *lijä, possibly from Pre-Mordvinic *lika~*līka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian lieks (too much, extra, unnecessary), Lithuanian liẽkas (odd, extra, too much)). Despite the similarity between the Mordvinic word and Finnish liika (too much; odd) with cognates in all other Finnic languages, the etymological dictionaries have not considered the Finnic and Mordvinic words as etymological cognates.[1]

Veršinin considers this term evidently connected with иля (iľa, other, different), the latter being the original form, the root и- (i-) is of the same origin as исень (iśeń, of yesterday [adjective]) and ичкозе (ičkoźe, far), э- (e-) in Erzya эзк (ezk, close, next to), эське (eśke, last time), he compares -э- (-e-) in Tundra Nenets [script needed] (ŋeli, other, different), [script needed] (ŋelimź, to become different), Udmurt иськан (iśkan, close female friend, close relative) and Eastern Mari (в)е- ((v)je-) in вес(е) (ves(je), other) (where в- (v-) might be a secondary development.) In relation to the last ones, he also compares Proto-Turkic [Term?] (, friend).

In the Erzya word иля (iľa, don't [imperative of negation verb]) Veršinin sees shifting of meaning from "that (one)" → "not (that one)," where the и- (i-) originally has been a demonstrative component, the same as in the Moksha term.[2]

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Determiner edit

лия́ (ľijá)

  1. other, another, else
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      лиянь
      ľijań
      other [object]
      лиянди
      ľijanďi
      to another [dative]
      Аф, тинь монь шорямасть лия́нь мархта.
      Af, ťiń moń šoŕamasť ľijáń marhta.
      No, you confused me with another (person)/someone else.
      Эняльдян, азость (азк) лия́кс!
      Eńaľďan, azosť (azk) ľijáks !
      Please (I ask you), say [pl.] ([sg.]) (it) differently (~ paraphrase it)!
      Минь ошсонк электрола́мповай, механи́ческяй (..) заво́тт и лия́т.
      Miń ošsonk eľektrolámpovaj, mehańíčeskäj ( . .) zavótt i ľiját .
      In our town (there are) electrical lamp, mechanical (..) factories and others.
    • B. V. Vśesvätskij, Botańika: SŔEDŃAJ ŠKOLANĎI TONAFŃEMA KŃIGA, 1933
      Лияста стака уленди азомс кулофт или эрект ня видьметне [sic видьмотне?], конашкава аф эряфоннекс синь сембе няевихть.
      Ľijasta staka uľenďi azoms kuloft iľi eŕekt ńa viďmetńe [sic viďmotńe?], konaškava af eŕafonńeks śiń śembe ńajevihť.
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      (..) и аф ётнихть лиятне (..)
      (..) i af jotńihť ľijatńe (..)
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      Калиень удобрениятне велень хозяйствань тевс лиятнень коряс сувасть сяда меле.
      Kaľijeń udobŕeńijatńe veľeń hoźajstvań ťevs ľijatńeń koŕas suvasť śada meľe.
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References edit

  1. ^ Riho Grünthal. Baltic loanwords in Mordvin, p. 321-322
  2. ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 86