Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *mon, likely from Proto-Uralic *minä.

Pronunciation edit

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Pronoun edit

мон (mon)

  1. (first person singular personal pronoun) I

See also edit

Erzya personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мон (mon) минь (miń)
2nd person тон (ton) тынь (tiń)
3rd person сон (son) сынь (siń)

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “мон”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *mon, likely from Proto-Uralic *minä. Cognates include Finnish minä, Hungarian én, Erzya мон (mon), Northern Sami mon.[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Pronoun edit

мон (mon)

  1. (first person singular personal pronoun) I
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 20
      монць — я сам
      monć — ja sam
      I myself — I myself [in Russian]
      монцень — свой
      monćeń — svoj
      my own — (my) own [in Russian]

Declension edit

The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (moń inkson, because of me) for causative.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ mina”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Further reading edit

  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of мон (mon) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19

Udmurt edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Permic *mɛn, from Proto-Uralic *minä. Cognates include Finnish minä and Hungarian én.

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian ме (me) and Komi-Permyak ме (me).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmon]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Hyphenation: мон

Pronoun edit

мон (mon)

  1. (first person singular personal pronoun) I
    мон Ижкар университетын ужаськоmon Ižkar uńiverśiťetyn užaśkoI work at the university of Izhevsk

Related terms edit

References edit

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “мон”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 437
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 163