Erzya

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Erzya cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ниле (ńiľe)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *ńiľə, from Proto-Uralic *neljä (four). Cognates include Finnish neljä, Estonian neli, Northern Sami njeallje, Eastern Mari ныл (nyl), Hungarian négy.

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ниле (ńiľe)

  1. four
    Ветестэ саемс ниле карми вейке.
    Veťeste sajems ńiľe karmi vejke.
    Five minus four is one.
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke[1], page 235:
      А кортатадо-ли тынь: ощо ниле ковт да сы нуйма лаҥго?
      A kortatado-ľi tiń: oščo ńiľe kovt da si nujma laŋgo?
      Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’?

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Moksha

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Moksha cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ниле (ńiľe)

Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *neljä. Cognates include Finnish neljä, Estonian neli, Northern Sami njeallje, and Hungarian négy.[1]

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ниле (ńiľe)

  1. four

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ ниле (ńiľe) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus