тесэ

Erzya

Etymology

From те (te, “this”) +‎ -сэ (-së, inessive case suffix).

Compare Moksha тяса (täsa), Finnish tässä, Veps täs (“here”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲese/
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Hyphenation: те‧сэ

Adverb

тесэ • (tesë)

  1. here
    Synonym: тия (tija)
    Тон мезе тесэ теят?
    Ton meze tesë tejat?
    What are you doing here?
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 39:
      No mon jovtan tynenk, tese se, kona pokš tserkvado.
      I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тесэ”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
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