мес

мес

Moksha

Etymology

Perhaps related to мезе (meze), see there for more. The Erzya counterpart is мекс (meks), illative (-с (-s)) and translative (-кс (-ks)) forms of a hypothetical *me could be inferred. Veršinin lists Erzya me, mejs “why” as cognates of мезе (meze),[1] the usage of Latin transliteration suggests that these forms are not a part of the literary language (i.e., dialectal, etc.)

Adverb

мес • (mes)

1. why
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 520

     Мес ламос?

     Mes lamos?

     Why so long ~ why does it take so long?

Conjunction

мес • (mes)

1. (with сяс (sjas)) as, as a consequence
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN, page 373

     постольку (..) поскольку — сяс (..) мес

     postolʹku (..) poskolʹku — sjas (..) mes

     therefore (..) as [in Russian] — therefore (..) as

Coordinate terms

• мезенкса (mezenksa)
• мезенди (mezendi)

Derived terms

• сяс мес (sjas mes)

References

1. Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mordovskix (erzjanskovo i mokšanskovo) jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Joškar Ola, page 238