минь

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Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *miń, inherited from Proto-Uralic *me[1] (+ *-nɜ). Cognates include Moksha минь (miń), Finnish me, Estonian meie, Lule Sami mij, Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq).[2]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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минь • (miń)

  1. (first person plural) we
    Ёвтак, вечкевиксэм, зярдо минь нетяно одов?
    Jovtak, večkeviksem, źardo miń ńeťano odov?
    Say honey, when will we see each other again?

See also

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Erzya personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мон (mon) минь (miń)
2nd person тон (ton) тынь (tiń)
3rd person сон (son) сынь (siń)

References

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  1. ^ “meie”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ минь (miń) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Moksha

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Etymology

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Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (miń), Northern Sami mī, Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq), Northern Selkup ме (mje).[2]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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минь • (miń)

  1. plural nominative of мон (mon)
  2. plural genitive of мон (mon)

Pronoun

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минь • (miń)

  1. (first person plural) we

Declension

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Indefinite declension of минь
singular plural
nominative мон (mon) минь (miń)
genitive монь (moń) минь (miń)
dative тейне (ťejńe) тейнек (ťejńek)
ablative мондедон (mońďedon) миндедонк (mińďedonk)
inessive моньцон (mońcon) миньцонк (mińconk)
elative моньцтон (mońcton) миньцтонк (mińctonk)
illative — —
prolative — —
comparative моньшкан (mońškan) миньшканк (mińškank)
translative — —
abessive моньфтемон (mońfťemon) миньфтемонк (mińfťemonk)
causative — —

The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (moń inkson, “because of me”) for causative.

Definite declension of минь
singular plural
nominative монць (mońć) минць (mińć)
genitive монцень (mońćeń) минцень (mińćeń)
dative — —

Pronoun

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минь • (miń)

  1. (first person plural possessive) our

Declension

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Indefinite declension of минь
singular plural
nominative — миннет (mińńet)
genitive минь (miń) —
dative — —
ablative миннеда (mińńeda) —
inessive миннеса (mińńesa) —
elative миннеста (mińńesta) —
illative миннес (mińńes) —
prolative миннева (mińńeva) —
comparative миннешка (mińńeška) —
translative миннекс (mińńeks) —
abessive миннефтома (mińńeftoma) —
causative минненкса (mińńenksa) —
Definite declension of минь
singular plural
nominative миннесь (mińńeś) миннетне (mińńeťńe)
genitive миннеть (mińńeť) миннетнень (mińńeťńeń)
dative миннети (mińńeťi) миннетненди (mińńeťńeńďi)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “meie”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ минь (miń) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Further reading

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  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of минь (miń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (moń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21

Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠢᠨᠢ
(mini)		минь
(minʹ)

Etymology

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Compare also Buryat -мни (-mni, after a vowel), -м (-m, after a vowel), -ни (-ni, after a consonant); Kalmyk -м (-m).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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минь • (minʹ)

  1. 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
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  • миний (minii, “my”, first-person singular possessive determiner)

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