Moksha

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Etymology

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Calque of Russian потому что (potomu što).[1]

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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сяс мес (śas mes)

  1. since, because
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 33
      Минь кяшеме шуфттнень эшксс, сяс мес тусь пизем
      Miń käšeme šufttńeń eškss, śas mes tuś piźem
      We hid under the trees because it started raining

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References

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  1. ^ O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 35