тесэ

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Erzya

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Etymology

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From те (ťe, this) +‎ -сэ (-se, inessive case suffix).

Compare Moksha тяса (ťasa), Finnish tässä, Veps täs (here).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʲese/
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Hyphenation: те‧сэ

Adverb

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тесэ (ťese)

  1. here
    Synonym: тия (ťija)
    Тон мезе тесэ теят?
    Ton meźe ťese ťejat?
    What are you doing here?
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 39:
      No mon jovtan tynenk, tese se, kona pokš tserkvado.
      I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тесэ”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN