минь
Erzya
Etymology
Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (minʹ), Northern Sami mī, Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets [script needed] (mańaʾ), Selkup [script needed] (mee).[2]
References
- meie in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- минь (minʹ) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
Moksha
Etymology
Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (minʹ), Northern Sami mī, Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (mä), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets [script needed] (mańaʾ), Selkup [script needed] (mee).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʲinʲ/
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | мон (mon) | минь (minʹ) |
genitive | монь (monʹ) | минь (minʹ) |
dative | тейне (tejne) | тейнек (tejnek) |
ablative | мондедон (mondedon) | миндедонк (mindedonk) |
inessive | моньцон (monʹcon) | миньцонк (minʹconk) |
elative | моньцтон (monʹcton) | миньцтонк (minʹctonk) |
illative | — | — |
prolative | — | — |
comparative | моньшкан (monʹškan) | миньшканк (minʹškank) |
translative | — | — |
abessive | моньфтемон (monʹftemon) | миньфтемонк (minʹftemonk) |
causative | — | — |
The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (monʹ inkson, “because of me”) for causative.
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | — | миннет (minnet) |
genitive | минь (minʹ) | — |
dative | — | — |
ablative | миннеда (minneda) | — |
inessive | миннеса (minnesa) | — |
elative | миннеста (minnesta) | — |
illative | миннес (minnes) | — |
prolative | миннева (minneva) | — |
comparative | миннешка (minneška) | — |
translative | миннекс (minneks) | — |
abessive | миннефтома (minneftoma) | — |
causative | минненкса (minnenksa) | — |
singular | plural | |
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nominative | миннесь (minnesʹ) | миннетне (minnetne) |
genitive | миннеть (minnetʹ) | миннетнень (minnetnenʹ) |
dative | миннети (minneti) | миннетненди (minnetnendi) |
Derived terms
- минцень (mincenʹ)
References
- meie in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- минь (minʹ) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
Further reading
- Indefinite and definite paradigms of минь (minʹ) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
- Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (monʹ) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21
Mongolian
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
---|---|
ᠮᠢᠨᠢ (mini) | минь (minʹ) |
Etymology
Compare also Buryat -мни (-mni, after a vowel), -м (-m, after a vowel), -ни (-ni, after a consonant); Kalmyk -м (-m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /min/
Particle
минь • (minʹ)
- 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
Related terms
- миний (minii, “my”, first-person singular possessive determiner)