минь
Erzya
Etymology
Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (minʹ), Northern Sami mī, Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets [script needed] (mańaʾ), Selkup [script needed] (mee).[2]
Pronoun
минь • (minʹ)
- (first person plural) we
References
- meie in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- минь (minʹ) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
Moksha
Etymology
Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (minʹ), Northern Sami mī, Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets [script needed] (mańaʾ), Selkup [script needed] (mee).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲinʲ/
Pronoun
минь • (minʹ)
- plural nominative of мон (mon)
- plural genitive of мон (mon)
Pronoun
минь • (minʹ)
- (first person plural) we
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | мон (mon) | минь (minʹ) |
| genitive | монь (monʹ) | минь (minʹ) |
| dative | тейне (tejne) | тейнек (tejnek) |
| ablative | мондедон (mondedon) | миндедонк (mindedonk) |
| inessive | моньцон (monʹcon) | миньцонк (minʹconk) |
| elative | моньцтон (monʹcton) | миньцтонк (minʹctonk) |
| illative | — | — |
| prolative | — | — |
| comparative | моньшкан (monʹškan) | миньшканк (minʹškank) |
| translative | — | — |
| abessive | моньфтемон (monʹftemon) | миньфтемонк (minʹftemonk) |
| causative | — | — |
The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (monʹ inkson, “because of me”) for causative.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | монць (moncʹ) | минць (mincʹ) |
| genitive | монцень (moncenʹ) | минцень (mincenʹ) |
| dative | — | — |
Pronoun
минь • (minʹ)
- (first person plural possessive) our
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | миннет (minnet) |
| genitive | минь (minʹ) | — |
| dative | — | — |
| ablative | миннеда (minneda) | — |
| inessive | миннеса (minnesa) | — |
| elative | миннеста (minnesta) | — |
| illative | миннес (minnes) | — |
| prolative | миннева (minneva) | — |
| comparative | миннешка (minneška) | — |
| translative | миннекс (minneks) | — |
| abessive | миннефтома (minneftoma) | — |
| causative | минненкса (minnenksa) | — |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | миннесь (minnesʹ) | миннетне (minnetne) |
| genitive | миннеть (minnetʹ) | миннетнень (minnetnenʹ) |
| dative | миннети (minneti) | миннетненди (minnetnendi) |
Derived terms
- минцень (mincenʹ)
References
- meie in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- минь (minʹ) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
Further reading
- Indefinite and definite paradigms of минь (minʹ) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
- Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (monʹ) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21
Mongolian
| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
|---|---|
| ᠮᠢᠨᠢ (mini) | минь (minʹ) |
Etymology
Compare also Buryat -мни (-mni, after a vowel), -м (-m, after a vowel), -ни (-ni, after a consonant); Kalmyk -м (-m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /min/
Particle
минь • (minʹ)
- The first-person singular possessive particle, placed after a noun or its suffixes of number and case.
- ээж минь ― eež minʹ ― my mum
- эх оронд минь ― ex orond minʹ ― in my motherland
Related terms
- миний (minii, “my”, first-person singular possessive determiner)
See also
- маань (maanʹ), чинь (činʹ), тань (tanʹ), нь (nʹ)
- -аа (-aa), -гаа (-gaa), -оо (-oo), -гоо (-goo), -ээ (-ee), -гээ (-gee), -өө (-öö), -гөө (-göö)