няемозонк

Moksha

Etymology

From няема (näjema) +‎ -зонк (-zonk), more specifically: няема (näjema, “sight”) +‎ -о- (-o-, “[interfix]”) +‎ -з- (-z-, “[illative suffix variant]”) +‎ -о- (-o-, “[interfix]”) +‎ -нк (-nk, “[1st person plural possessive suffix]”). The term can be literally analyzed as "towards/in our meeting(s)."

Pronunciation

Noun

няемозонк • (näjemozonk)

  1. possessive of няема (näjema)

Interjection

няемозонк • (näjemozonk)

  1. goodbye, see you later

References

  • Oahpa, University of Tromsø
  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
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