Moksha edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Erzya туемс (tujems), Finnish tuoda. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

тумс (tums)

  1. (intransitive) to go, leave
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Минь тутама экскурсияв автомобильса.
      Miń tutama ekskurśijav avtomobiľsa.
      We are going on a road-trip in a car
      Мзярда тинь тутада (тон туят) лямбе шири?
      Mźarda ťiń tutada (ton tujat ) ľambe šiŕi?
      When are you going south?
      Мон туян вели
      Mon tujan veľi
      I am going to the countryside
      Торазевсь атям, и тусь вии пизем
      Toraźevś aťam, i tuś viji piźem
      Thunder thundered and heavy rain poured down
      (literally, “(..) strong rain went”)
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Кода тон арьсят, туй пизем?
      Koda ton aŕśat, tuj piźem?
      How do you think, will there be rain?
      (literally, “(..) will rain go?”)
    • Fenno-Ugrica
      Ашезь ту мирденц мархта
      Ašeź tu mirďenc marhta
      She didn't go with her husband

Conjugation edit

Present/future "I" and "you [sg.]" forms have an additional -я- element — туян, туят (tujan , tujat), otherwise this verb inflects as a regular a-stem as shown below.

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References edit

  • ту/мс, -сь in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN