мес
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mes"
Moksha
editEtymology
editPerhaps related to мезе (meźe), see there for more. The Erzya counterpart is мекс (meks), illative (-с (-s)) and translative (-кс (-ks)) forms of a hypothetical *me could be inferred. Veršinin lists Erzya me, mejs “why” as cognates of мезе (meźe),[1] the usage of Latin transliteration suggests that these forms are not a part of the literary language (i.e., dialectal, etc.)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editмес • (mes)
- why
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 520
- Мес ламос?
- Mes lamos?
- Why so long ~ why does it take so long?
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 520
Conjunction
editмес • (mes)
- (with сяс (śas)) as, as a consequence
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 373
- постольку (..) поскольку — сяс (..) мес
- postoľku (..) poskoľku — śas (..) mes
- therefore (..) as [in Russian] — therefore (..) as
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 373
Coordinate terms
editDerived terms
edit- сяс мес (śas mes)
References
edit- ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Joškar Ola, page 238