аф

See also: Appendix:Variations of "af"

Moksha

Likely related to апак (apak),^[1] see there for more. If so, cognate with Proto-Finnic *epä (compare Livonian äb).

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аф • (af)

negative particle; do not, does not (a particle that (in its unconjugated form) negates the verb in present, conditional and desiderative)
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
  английскяй и французскяй кяльхнень аф содасайне
  anglijskäj i francuzskäj kälxneń af sodasajne
  I don't know English and French
negative particle; no (shorthand for repeating a negated version of the previous statement)
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 9
  тон тонафнят? — аф, мон покан
  ton tonafnät? — af , mon pokan
  do you study? — no, I work (~ I do not study, I work)

Past II/subjunctive conjugation of аф

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	афолень (afoleń)	минь (miń)	афолеме (afoleme)
тон (ton)	афолеть (afoleť)	тинь (tiń)	афоледе (afolede)
сон (son)	афоль (afoľ)	синь (siń)	афольхть (afolxť)

Past II/subjunctive objective (1st person object) conjugation of аф

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	—	минь (miń)	—
тон (ton)	афолемайть (afolemajť)	тинь (tiń)	афолемасть (afolemasť)
сон (son)	афолемань (afolemań)	синь (siń)	афолемазь (afolemaź)

Past II/subjunctive objective (2nd person object) conjugation of аф

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	афолихтень (afolihteń)	минь (miń)	афоледязь (afoledäź)
тон (ton)	—	тинь (tiń)	—
сон (son)	афолензе (afolenze)	синь (siń)	афоледязь (afoledäź)

Past II/subjunctive objective (3rd person object) conjugation of аф

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	афолине (afoline)	минь (miń)	афолеськ (afoleśk)
тон (ton)	афолить (afoliť)	тинь (tiń)	афолесть (afolesť)
сон (son)	афолезе / афолезень (afoleze / afolezeń)	синь (siń)	афолезь (afoleź)

аф • (af)

neither (..) nor
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  аф тон, аф мон
  af ton, af mon
  neither you nor I

^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004), Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 23

аф (af)

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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}丹菊逸治 (Itsuji Tangiku) (2014), ニヴフ語サハリン方言語彙集 (“Sakhalin Nivkh word list”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Sapporo: 北海道大学アイヌ・先住民研究センター (“Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University”)