кемень

Erzya

Erzya cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : кемень (kemeń)

Alternative forms

  • кӓмень (kämeń)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *keməń, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *küme-ne. Cognates include Moksha кемонь (kemoń), Finnish kymmen, kymmenen, Livonian kim.

Pronunciation

Numeral

кемень • (kemeń)

  1. ten
    ловомс кеменьс ― lovoms kemeńs ― to count to ten
    • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎[1], page 232:
      Сясе ульнесь такодамо ломань, кона ульнесь ормасо колонь кемень кавксо іеть.
      Śase ulneś takodamo lomań, kona ulneś ormaso koloń kemeń kavkso ijeť.
      One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кемень”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1350 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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