инь
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Moksha
Etymology
According to SKES, related to Moksha ине (ine, “great”), which is from Proto-Uralic *enä (“large, big”) and cognate with Finnish enin (“the biggest”), Estonian enam (“more”), Livonian jennõ (“a lot”)).
Alternatively, borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Tatar ин (in). Veršinin notes resemblance with Eastern Mari эн (en, “id.”) usually considered a Turkic borrowing.
Pronunciation
Preposition
инь • (iń)
- used with adjectives to form superlatives
- Synonym: сембода (semboda)
- инь сире
- iń sire
- oldest
References
- ^ Handbuch Der Orientalistik
- ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 88
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 陰／阴 (yīn).
Pronunciation
Noun
инь • (inʹ) f inan or n inan (indeclinable) (usually indeclinable)