From Proto-Permic *loni, from Proto-Uralic *le-. Cognates include Hungarian lesz and Northern Sami leat.
Permic cognates are Udmurt луыны (luyny) and Komi-Permyak лоны (lony).
The verb shares its future tense, imperative and participles with вӧвны (vövny, “to be”), which has undergone suppletion. Compare this same process in Finnish lienee, potential of olla (“to be”).
лоны • (lony)
| Conjugation of лоны | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present tense | Future tense | |||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | лоа (loa) | ог ло (og lo) | лоа (loa) | ог ло (og lo) |
| 2nd singular | лоан (loan) | он ло (on lo) | лоан (loan) | он ло (on lo) |
| 3rd singular | лоӧ (loö) | оз ло (oz lo) | лоас (loas) | оз ло (oz lo) |
| 1st plural | лоам (loam) | ог лоӧй (og loöj) | лоам (loam) | ог лоӧй (og loöj) |
| 2nd plural | лоанныд (loannyd) лоад (load) |
он лоӧй (on loöj) | лоанныд (loannyd) лоад (load) |
он лоӧй (on loöj) |
| 3rd plural | лоӧны (loöny) | оз лоӧй (oz loöj) | лоасны (loasny) | оз лоӧй (oz loöj) |
| Direct past tense | Reported past tense | |||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | |
| 1st singular | лои (loi) | эг ло (eg lo) | ||
| 2nd singular | лоин (loin) | эн ло (en lo) | лоӧмыд (loömyd) | абу лоӧмыд (abu loömyd) |
| 3rd singular | лоис (lois) | эз ло (ez lo) | лоӧма (loöma) | абу лоӧма (abu loöma) |
| 1st plural | лоим (loim) | эг лоӧй (eg loöj) | ||
| 2nd plural | лоинныд (loinnyd) лоид (loid) |
эн лоӧй (en loöj) | лоӧмныд (loömnyd) | абу лоӧмныд (abu loömnyd) |
| 3rd plural | лоисны (loisny) | эз лоӧй (ez loöj) | лоӧмаӧсь (loömaöś) | абу лоӧмаӧсь (abu loömaöś) |
| Imperative | ||||
| positive | negative | |||
| 2nd singular | ло (lo) | эн ло (en lo) | Infinitive | лоны (lony) |
| 2nd plural | лоӧй (loöj) | эн лоӧй (en loöj) | Present participle | лоысь (loyś) |
| *) The impersonal reported past is expressed using the third singular form. **) The first person imperative is expressed using the first person future form. ***) Any form ending in -ӧй has an alternative form ending in -ӧ. ****) The imperfect and perfect participles have alternative forms with a paragogic -а. |
Imperfect participle | лоан (loan) | ||
| Perfect participle | лоӧм (loöm) | |||
| Caritive participle | лотӧм (lotöm) | |||
| Nominal inflection of лоны | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impersonal | First person | Second person | Third person | |
| Nominative | лоны (lony) | лоным (lonym) | лоныд (lonyd) | лоныс (lonys) |
| Accusative | лонытӧ (lonytö) | лонысӧ (lonysö) | ||