инголе

Moksha

Etymology

From *iŋgə- + *-ľə (adessive suffix). The и- (i-) stem may be from Proto-Uralic *e- (“this”) (compare e- in Finnish ennen (“before”)) or connected to Proto-Finno-Permic *eŋte. Cognate with Erzya икеле (ikele).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iŋɡəlʲæ/^[1]

Postposition

инголе • (ingəľä)

(with genitive) in front
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
  Инголенк ащесть кафта ведаркат. Васенцеса ульсть марьхть, омбоцеса — шукшторуфт.
  Ingolenk aščesť kafta vedarkat. Vasencesa ulsť marxť, ombocesa — šukštoruft.
  In front of us there were two buckets. In the first one there were apples, in the second one — currant.
  
  кудть инголе
  kudť ingole
  in front of the house
(with ablative (-да, -та)) before
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
  войнада инголе
  vojnada ingole
  before war

Inflection

Possessive forms of *инголе* (ingole)
person	singular	person	plural
монь (moń)	инголен (ingolen)	минь (miń)	инголенк (ingolenk)
тонь (toń)	инголет (ingolet)	тинь (tiń)	инголент (ingolent)
сонь (soń)	инголенза (ingolenza)	синь (siń)	инголест (ingolest)

Coordinate terms

инголи (ingoli, “ahead”)

References

^ iŋgəĺä in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch

[1] ŋgəĺä in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch

[1]