перьфпяле
Moksha
Etymology
From перьф (perʹf, “around”) + пяле (pjale, “at; by the side”). Perhaps an intensified version of перьф (perʹf, “around”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /perʲfˈpʲælʲə/
Adverb
перьфпя́ле • (perʹfpjále)
- around (in a circular manner)
Usage notes
Adverbs are not used with numbers for the sense "approximately," instead the comparative case (-шка (-ška, “like”) is used, for example, колмогемоньшка (kolmogemonʹška, “about thirty”).
Related terms
- перьфпяль (perʹfpjalʹ)
References
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN