тёжань
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Erzya[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mordvinic *ťožäń, from earlier *tušanti~*tušamti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tū́(k)stantis (whence Latvian tūkstotis, Lithuanian tūkstantis). Compare Finnish tuhat (tuhante-), Livonian tūontõ, borrowed from the same Baltic root.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
тёжань • (ťožań)
- thousand
- 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 104:
- Знярдо вяте кшыть синтринь монъ вяте тю̂жомть ломаннень: зняро кошельть пещиде тынь пурназь сускомодо?
- Zńardo väťe kšiť śintŕiń mon väťe ťûžomť lomanńeń: zńaro košeľť peščiďe tiń purnaź suskomodo?
- “When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
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