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Moksha
Etymology
Likely related to апак (apak),[1] see there for more. If so, cognate with Proto-Finnic *epä (compare Livonian äb).
Pronunciation
Particle
аф • (af)
- negative particle; do not, does not (a particle that (in its unconjugated form) negates the verb in present, conditional and desiderative)
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
английскяй и французскяй кяльхнень аф содасайне- angľijskäj i francuzskäj käľhńeń af sodasajńe
- I don't know English and French
- negative particle; no (shorthand for repeating a negated version of the previous statement)
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 9
тон тонафнят? — аф, мон покан- ton tonafńat? — af , mon pokan
- do you study? — no, I work (~ I do not study, I work)
Conjugation
Past II/subjunctive conjugation of аф
Past II/subjunctive objective (1st person object) conjugation of аф
Past II/subjunctive objective (2nd person object) conjugation of аф
Past II/subjunctive objective (3rd person object) conjugation of аф
Conjunction
аф • (af)
- neither (..) nor
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
аф тон, аф мон- af ton, af mon
- neither you nor I
Derived terms
References
- ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 23
Nivkh
Pronunciation
Noun
аф (af)
- facial hair; beard; mustache