акша

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), Khanty аш (aš, “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) (comp. сяда / сядонга акша (sjada / sjadonga akša), sup. инь / сембода акша (inʹ / semboda 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

     rublʹ — akša, calkovaj, rublʹ

     ruble [in Russian] — ruble, ruble, ruble

Declension

Indefinite declension of акша

	singular	plural
nominative	акша (akša)	акшет (akšet)
genitive	акшень (akšenʹ)	—
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	акшефтома (akšeftoma)	—
causative	акшенкса (akšenksa)	—

Definite declension of акша

	singular	plural
nominative	акшесь (akšesʹ)	акшетне (akšetne)
genitive	акшеть (akšetʹ)	акшетнень (akšetnenʹ)
dative	акшети (akšeti)	акшетненди (akšetnendi)

Derived terms

• сельмакша (selʹmakša)
• акша пря (akša prja)

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

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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)