молемс

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mule-. Cognates include Erzya молемс (moľems), Northern Sami mollat, Hungarian múlik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /molʲəms/

Verb

молемс • (moľəms)

1. (intransitive) to go
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Тон молят (тинь мольхтяда) пуромксу?

     Ton moľat (ťiń moľhťada ) puromksu?

     Are you [sg.] (you [pl.]) going to the meeting?

     Моледа мархтон!

     Moľeda marhton!

     Come with me! (you [pl.])

     мольхть сяда (сядонга) вишкста

     moľhť śada (śadonga) višksta

     go faster(!) (you [sg.])

2. (intransitive, with инголи (ingoľi, “in front”)) to hurry
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Молихть инголи

     Moľihť ingoľi

     They are in a hurry (lit. "they are going in front")

3. (intransitive, with пизем, лов (piźem , lov, “rain, snow”) as subjects) to rain, snow
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Моли лов (пизем)

     Moľi lov (piźem)

     It's snowing (raining) (lit. "snow (rain) is going")

     Веть мольсь пизем

     Veť moľś piźem

     It was raining (lit. "rain was going") [last] night

4. (intransitive) to go on, continue
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     Пуромкссь моли

     Puromkśś moľi

     The meeting goes on, continues to be in session

Conjugation

Subjective conjugation of молемс

	Present / future
1st singular — мон (mon)	молян (moľan)
2nd singular — тон (ton)	молят (moľat)
3rd singular — сон (son)	моли (moľi)
1st plural — минь (miń)	мольхтяма (moľhťama)
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	мольхтяда (moľhťada)
3rd plural — синь (śiń)	молихть (moľihť)
	Past I
1st singular — мон (mon)	молень (moľeń)
2nd singular — тон (ton)	молеть (moľeť)
3rd singular — сон (son)	мольсь (moľś)
1st plural — минь (miń)	молеме (moľeme)
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	моледе (moľeďe)
3rd plural — синь (śiń)	мольсть (moľśť)
	Compound future
1st singular — мон (mon)	карман молема (karman moľema)
2nd singular — тон (ton)	кармат молема (karmat moľema)
3rd singular — сон (son)	кармай молема (karmaj moľema)
1st plural — минь (miń)	карматама молема (karmatama moľema)
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	карматада молема (karmatada moľema)
3rd plural — синь (śiń)	кармайхть молема (karmajhť moľema)
	Imperative
2nd singular — тон (ton)	мольхть (moľhť)
2nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	моледа (moľeda)
	Non-finite forms
verbal noun	молема (moľema)
past passive participle	мольф (moľf)
agentive / pres. act. part.	моли (moľi)
present passive participle	молеви (moľevi)

Subjective conjugation in other moods is possible.
Objective conjugation is possible for transitive verbs, see, for example, кундамс (kundams).