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Eastern Mari
Etymology
From мо (mo) + -лан (-lan, “dative suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈlɑn/
- Rhymes: -ɑn
- Hyphenation: мо‧лан
Adverb
молан • (molan)
- why, for what reason, for what purpose
тыланет теле молан келша?- tylańet teĺe molan kelša?
- why do you like winter?
Pronoun
молан • (molan)
- for what, to what
шудым молан пуынет? ушкаллан- šudym molan puyńet? uškallan
- to what do you want to give hay? to the cows
Derived terms
References
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “молан”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna