-мс

Erzya

Alternative forms
  • -мкс (-mks) (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *-ms, from Proto-Uralic *-ma suffixed with *-s (illative ending) or *-ks (translative ending). According to Keresztes, via earlier *-məs.

Suffix

-мс • (-ms)

  1. The first infinitive suffix.

References
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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