-зе

The objective template V + IO + IT + IS with all the slots filled in is expected to yield a Common-Mordvinic *kunda-s-aj²-zə (using кундамс (kundams) as an example) "he/she/it caught him/her/it." In Erzya this produced кундызе (kundïze) and in Moksha, кундазе (kundaze). Both via intermediary *kundajzə. In conclusion: this suffix is of subject marking origin.^[1]

-зе • (-ze)

1. objective conjugation ending indicating that he/she/it carried out actions involving a singular 3rd person object

• -зень (-zeń) (he/she/it carried out actions involving a plural 3rd person object)

The Erzya counterpart -м (-m) traces back to *-mV. The Moksha counterpart is an anomaly. Based on the dialectal form -nze, it is possible that this suffix represents fusion of *-m (or -н (-n)) and ся (sä, “that”).^[2]

There is variation in the dative form of this suffix, compare кудозти (kudozti) (Poljakov) and прязенди (präzendi) (Golenkov), Poljakov also gives кудозенди (kudozendi).

-зе • (-ze)

1. 1st person singular possessive suffix in nominative, genitive and dative with one possession
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     кудозе — кудозень — кудозти

     kudo ze — kudo ze ń — kudo z ti

     my house — of my house — to/for my house

   • O. Je. Poljakov, KULʹTURA I JaZYK DRJeVNJeJ MORDVY (PRJeDKOV MOKŠI I ERZI), PDF

     датив — мокш. кудозенди/кудозти

     dativ — mokš. kudo ze ndi/kudo z ti

     dative — to/for my house

• -н (-n) (the possessive suffix elsewhere in the paradigm, closer to the expected Uralic form)