мархта

Moksha

Etymology

Cognate with Erzya марто (marto), likely cognate with Moksha мар (mar, heap, pile). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑr̥tɑ/[1]

Postposition

мархта • (marxta)

  1. with
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Моледа мархтон!
      Moleda marxton !
      Come with me!
      Мон молян мархтонт
      Mon molän marxtont
      I will go with you
      Корхтада мархтонза / мархтост
      Korxtada marxtonza / marxtost
      (Please) talk to him / to them
      (literally, “with him / with them”)
      Мон ёран мархтот корхтамс
      Mon joran marxtot korxtams
      I want to talk with you

Inflection

Possessive forms of мархта (marxta)
person singular person plural
монь (moń) мархтон (marxton) минь (miń) мархтонк (marxtonk)
тонь (toń) мархтот (marxtot) тинь (tiń) мархтонт (marxtont)
сонь (soń) мархтонза (marxtonza) синь (siń) мархтост (marxtost)

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ marʿtă in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch