минь

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Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *miń, inherited from Proto-Uralic *me[1] (+ *-nɜ). Cognates include Moksha минь (miń), Finnish me, Estonian meie, Lule Sami mij, Western Mari мӓ (), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq).[2]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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минь (miń)

  1. (first person plural) we
    Ёвтак, вечкевиксэм, зярдо минь нетяно одов?
    Jovtak, večkeviksem, źardo miń ńeťano odov?
    Say honey, when will we see each other again?

See also

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Erzya personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мон (mon) минь (miń)
2nd person тон (ton) тынь (tiń)
3rd person сон (son) сынь (siń)

References

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  1. ^ meie”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ минь (miń) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Moksha

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Etymology

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Of Proto-Uralic [Term?] origin.[1] Cognates include Erzya минь (miń), Northern Sami , Finnish me, Eastern Mari ме (me), Western Mari мӓ (), Komi-Zyrian ми (mi), Udmurt ми (mi), Hungarian mi, Tundra Nenets маняˮ (manyaq), Northern Selkup ме (mje).[2]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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минь (miń)

  1. plural nominative of мон (mon)
  2. plural genitive of мон (mon)

Pronoun

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минь (miń)

  1. (first person plural) we

Declension

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The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (moń inkson, because of me) for causative.

Pronoun

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минь (miń)

  1. (first person plural possessive) our

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ meie”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ минь (miń) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Further reading

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  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of минь (miń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19
  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (moń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21

Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠢᠨᠢ
(mini)
минь
(minʹ)

Etymology

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Compare also Buryat -мни (-mni, after a vowel), (-m, after a vowel), -ни (-ni, after a consonant); Kalmyk (-m).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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минь (minʹ)

  1. The first-person singular possessive particle, placed after a noun or its suffixes of number and case.
    ээж миньeež minʹmy mum
    эх оронд миньex orond minʹin my motherland
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  • миний (minii, my, first-person singular possessive determiner)

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