няемозонк

Moksha

Etymology

From няема (ńajema) +‎ -зонк (-zonk), more specifically: няема (ńajema, “sight”) +‎ -о- (-o-, “[interfix]”) +‎ -з- (-z-, “[illative suffix variant]”) +‎ -о- (-o-, “[interfix]”) +‎ -нк (-nk, “[1st person plural possessive suffix]”). The term can be literally analyzed as "towards/in our meeting(s)."

Noun

няемозонк • (ńajemozonk)

1. possessive of няема (ńajema)

Interjection

няемозонк • (ńajemozonk)

1. goodbye, see you later

References

• Oahpa, University of Tromsø
• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN