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Erzya

Erzya cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ниле (ńiľe)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ńiľə, from Proto-Uralic *neljä (“four”). Cognates include Finnish neljä, Estonian neli, Northern Sami njeallje, Eastern Mari ныл (nyl), Hungarian négy.

Numeral

ниле • (ńiľe)

1. four

   Ветестэ саемс ниле карми вейке.

   Veťeste sajems ńiľe karmi vejke.

   Five minus four is one.

   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke‎^[1], page 235:

     А кортатадо-ли тынь: ощо ниле ковт да сы нуйма лаҥго?

     A kortatado-ľi tiń: oščo ńiľe kovt da si nujma laŋgo?

     Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’?

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• ниле (ńiľe) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
• Entry #620 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Moksha

Moksha cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ниле (ńiľe)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *neljä. Cognates include Finnish neljä, Estonian neli, Northern Sami njeallje, and Hungarian négy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʲilʲæ/

Numeral

ниле • (ńiľe)

1. four

Declension

Indefinite declension of ниле

	singular	plural
nominative	ниле (ńiľe)	нилет (ńiľet)
genitive	нилень (ńiľeń)	—
dative	ниленди (ńiľeńďi)	—
ablative	ниледа (ńiľeda)	—
inessive	нилеса (ńiľesa)	—
elative	нилеста (ńiľesta)	—
illative	нилес (ńiľes)	—
prolative	нилева (ńiľeva)	—
comparative	нилешка (ńiľeška)	—
translative	нилекс (ńiľeks)	—
abessive	нилефтома (ńiľeftoma)	—
causative	ниленкса (ńiľenksa)	—

Definite declension of ниле

	singular	plural
nominative	нилесь (ńiľeś)	нилетне (ńiľeťńe)
genitive	нилеть (ńiľeť)	нилетнень (ńiľeťńeń)
dative	нилети (ńiľeťi)	нилетненди (ńiľeťńeńďi)

Derived terms

• нилева (ńiľeva)
• нилеце (ńiľeće)
• нильгемонце (ńiľgemońće)