мес

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mes"

Moksha

Etymology

Perhaps related to мезе (meze), 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 (meze),^[1] the usage of Latin transliteration suggests that these forms are not a part of the literary language (i.e., dialectal, etc.)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

мес • (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?

Conjunction

мес • (mes)

(with сяс (säs)) 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 — säs (..) mes
  therefore (..) as [in Russian] — therefore (..) as

Coordinate terms

мезенкса (mezenksa)
мезенди (mezendi)

Derived terms

сяс мес (säs mes)

References

^ 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

[1] 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

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