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See also: ѳ, ф, and Ф

Moksha

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Etymology

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Perhaps related to Estonian -v, e.g., elav (lively) from elama (to live), Finnish elävä.

Suffix

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(-f)

  1. past passive participle suffix
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      тонафнеф
      tonafńe f
      educated

Derived terms

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Nivkh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nivkh *-v, with regular word-final devoicing of a voiced fricative.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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(-f)

  1. Forms nouns denoting places from verbs
    едь (jed̦) + ‎ (-f) → ‎еф (jef)