тунда

Erzya

Etymology

Presumably a fossilized essive case form of тундо, with development of such kind: *tundəna → *tundna → тунда.

Adverb

тунда • (tunda)

1. in spring

   Те ульнесь ютазь иень тунда.

   Te ulneś jutaź ijeń tunda .

   It was last spring.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “тунда”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *tundə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *towke (“spring”). Cognate with Erzya тундо (tundo), Estonian tõug, Finnish touko (“sowing, planting”), Northern Mansi тӯя (tūâ, “spring”), Hungarian tavasz (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tunˈda/

Noun

тунда • (tunda)

1. spring

Declension

Declension of тунда (tunda)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	тунда (tunda)	тунтт (tuntt)
genitive (of ...)	тундань (tundań)
dative (to ...)	тунданди (tundandi)
comparative (like ...)	тундашка (tundaška)
ablative (than ...)	тундада (tundada)
lative (into ...)	тундав (tundav)
illative (into ...)	тундас (tundas)
inessive (in ...)	тундаса (tundasa)
elative (out of ...)	тундаста (tundasta)
prolative (through ...)	тундава (tundava)
causative (for ...)	тунданкса (tundanksa)
translative (becoming ...)	тундакс (tundaks)
abessive (without ...)	тундафтома (tundaftoma)

Definite declension of тунда (tunda)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	тундась (tundaś)	тундатне (tundatne)
genitive (of ...)	тундать (tundať)	тундатнень (tundatneń)
dative (to ...)	тундати (tundati)	тундатненди (tundatnendi)

See also

Seasons in Moksha · кизонь пингсь (kizoń pingś) (layout · text) · category
тунда (tunda, “spring”)	киза (kiza, “summer”)	сёксе (śokse, “autumn”)	тяла (täla, “winter”)

References

• Entry #1069 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Orok

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *tuńga, compare Evenki тунңа.

Numeral

тунда (tunda)

1. five

References

• Jirō Ikegami. (1997), "tunda", Japanese translation: "五，いつつ", ウイルタ語辞典 [A Dictionary of the Uilta Language Spoken of Sakhalin], Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, page 213. ISBN 4-8329-5821-6.
• L.V. Ozolinya, I.Ya. Fedyaeva (2003),

• "ту́нда~тун'да", Russian translation (partially): "пять", Орокско-русский и русско-орокский словарь [Orok-Russian and Russian-Orok Dictionary], Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Сахалинское книжное издательство [Sakhalin Book Publishing House], page 166. ISBN 5-88453-002-1.
• "пять", Orok translation: "ту́нда", Орокско-русский и русско-орокский словарь [Orok-Russian and Russian-Orok Dictionary], Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Сахалинское книжное издательство [Sakhalin Book Publishing House], page 266. ISBN 5-88453-002-1.

• Jirō Ikegami, E.A. Bibikova, L.R. Kitajima et al. (2008), "тунда", Russian translation: "пять", Уилтадаирису, Говорим по-уйльтински [Uiltadairisu, Let's Speak Uilta], Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Сахалинское книжное издательство [Sakhalin Book Publishing House], page 103. ISBN 978-5-88453-211-3.