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Erzya
- (suggested by Jack Rueter) зьардо (źardo)
Etymology
From earlier *(mə)źarədə, derived from *meźarə (“how much”), suffixed with *-də (ablative suffix). Cognate with Moksha мъзярда (məźarda).
See Erzya зяро (źaro) for more.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
зярдо • (źardo)
- when (at what time)
- Synonyms: знярдо (źńardo), (archaic) *kosk, *kosko
1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill., page 69:Сясте праведниктъ, отвѣчазь сонензе, ю̂втыть: Пазомъ! зярдо минь неинекъ тонть вачозень, и андынекъ?- Saśťe praveďńikt, otvečaź sońeńźe, jûvtiť: Pazom! źardo miń ńejińek tońť vačoźeń, i andińek?
- Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you?’
Conjunction
зярдо • (źardo)
- when, as, while
1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 108:Teń jutkso, źardo son ozado aštšeź sudijań tarkaso, nize sońze kutšoź jovtams tenze.- While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message.
References
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
- Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “kosk”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN