акша

See also: ақша

Moksha

Etymology 1

Cognate with Erzya ашо (ašo); SKES 45a tentatively suggests a possible link with Finnish ahka, hahkea, haahkea [sic haahka], Estonian ahka (eider) [sic hahk], ahk (gray), Eastern Mari ошо, ошы (ošo, ošy), Southern Khanty аш (, white clay, chalk); UEW 3[1] suggests Proto-Uralic *ačka (white); Veršinin considers linking with Tatar ак (aq, white) impossible.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑkʃɑ/

Adjective

акша • (akša)

  1. white

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a Turkic language, compare Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, money).

Noun

акша • (akša)

  1. ruble (the currency of Russian Federation)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      рубль — акша, цалковай, рубль
      rubľ — akša , calkovaj, rubľ
      ruble [in Russian] — ruble, ruble, ruble
Declension
Indefinite declension of акша
singular plural
nominative акша (akša) акшет (akšet)
genitive акшень (akšeń)
dative акшенди (akšendi)
ablative акшеда (akšeda)
inessive акшеса (akšesa)
elative акшеста (akšesta)
illative акшес (akšes)
prolative акшева (akševa)
comparative акшешка (akšeška)
translative акшекс (akšeks)
abessive акшфтома (akšftoma)
causative акшенкса (akšenksa)
Definite declension of акша
singular plural
nominative акшесь (akšeś) акшетне (akšetne)
genitive акшеть (akšeť) акшетнень (akšetneń)
dative акшети (akšeti) акшетненди (akšetnendi)
Derived terms

See also

Colors in Moksha · тюст (ťust) (layout · text)
     акша (akša)      уле (ule)      равжа (ravža)
             якстерь (jaksteŕ)              оранжевай (oranževaj); коричневай (koričnevaj)              тюжя (ťužä)
             валда-сянгяря (valda-sängärä) пиже (piže)              сянгяря (sängärä)             
                          валда-сенем (valda-senem)              сенем (senem)
                          фиолетовай (fioletovaj)             

References

  1. ^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  2. ^ 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 11

Further reading

  • Indefinite paradigm of акша (akša) in O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 18

Tuvan

Etymology

Cognate with Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, money), Kazakh ақша (aqşa, money), Turkish akçe (coin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐ̰k̠.ʃɐ/, /ɐ̰ʃ.k̠ɐ/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ɐ̰ʃ.x̠ɐ/

Noun

акша • (akşa) (definite accusative акшаны, plural акшалар)

  1. money
  2. (by extension) ruble (national currency of Russia)