томбале

Erzya

Etymology

*to (“that”) +‎ *-mbə +‎ *-ľə. Compare Inari Sami tobbeláá (“further over there”), Eastern Mari умбалне (umbalńe, “in the distance, afar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tombalʲe/

Postposition

томбале • (tombaľe)

1. beyond (a river etc.), on the other side

   Synonym: товоло (tovolo)

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN