веле

Moksha

Веле.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *veľə, from Proto-Uralic *wilwä (“crowd, multitude”). Cognates include Erzya веле (veľe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʲelʲæ/
• Rhymes: -elʲæ
• Hyphenation: ве‧ле

Noun

веле • (veľe)

1. village, hamlet
2. settlement

Declension

Declension of веле
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		веле veľe	велет veľet
genitive (of ...)		велень veľeń
dative (to ...)		веленди veľenďi
comparative (like ...)		велешка veľeška
ablative (than ...)		веледа veľeda
lative (into ...)		вели veľi
illative (into ...)		велес veľes
inessive (in ...)		велеса veľesa
elative (out of ...)		велеста veľesta
prolative (through ...)		велева veľeva
causative (for ...)		веленкса veľenksa
translative (becoming ...)		велекс veľeks
abessive (without ...)		велефтома veľeftoma

Definite declension of веле
		singular	plural
nominative (...)		велесь veľeś	велетне veľetńe
genitive (of ...)		велеть veľeť	велетнень veľetńeń
dative (to ...)		велети veľeťi	велетненди veľetńenďi

Derived terms

adjectives

• велень (veľeń)

 

adverbs

• веленнекс (veľenńeks)

 

References

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “веле”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 26