мон
See also: мөн and моң
Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *minä.
Pronoun
мон • (mon)
- (first person singular personal pronoun) I
Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *minä. Cognates include Erzya мон (mon), Northern Sami mon.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mon/
Pronoun
мон • (mon)
- (first person singular personal pronoun) I
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 20
- монць — я сам
- moncʹ — ja sam
- I myself — I myself [in Russian]
- монцень — свой
- moncenʹ — svoj
- my own — (my) own [in Russian]
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 20
Declension
Indefinite declension of мон
| 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.
Definite declension of мон
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | монць (moncʹ) | минць (mincʹ) |
| genitive | монцень (moncenʹ) | минцень (mincenʹ) |
| dative | — | — |
Derived terms
- монь (monʹ)
- монцень (moncenʹ)
Citations
- mina in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Further reading
- Indefinite and definite paradigms of мон (mon) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
Udmurt
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *minä.
Pronoun
мон • (mon)
- (first person singular personal pronoun) I