-зе

Moksha

Etymology 1

The objective template V + IO + IT + IS with all the slots filled in is expected to yield a Common-Mordvinic *kunda-s-aj2-zə (using кундамс (kundams) as an example) "he/she/it caught him/her/it." In Erzya this produced кундызе (kundyze) and in Moksha — кундазе (kundaze). Both via intermediary *kundajzə. In conclusion: this suffix is of subject marking origin.[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-зе • (-ze)

  1. objective conjugation ending indicating that he/she/it carried out actions involving a singular 3rd person object
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Moksha_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B7%D0%B5_(objective)' title='Category:Moksha words suffixed with -зе (objective)'>Moksha words suffixed with -зе (objective)</a>
See also
  • -зень (-zenʹ) (he/she/it carried out actions involving a plural 3rd person object)

Etymology 2

The Erzya counterpart -м (-m) traces back to *-mV. The Moksha counterpart is an anomaly. Based on the dialectal form -nze, it is possible that this suffix represents fusion of *-m (or -н (-n)) and ся (sja, “that”).[2]

There is variation in the dative form of this suffix, compare кудозти (kudozti) (Poljakov) and прязенди (prjazendi) (Golenkov), Poljakov also gives кудозенди (kudozendi).

Suffix

-зе • (-ze)

  1. 1st person singular possessive suffix in nominative, genitive and dative with one possession
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      кудозе — кудозень — кудозти
      kudoze — kudozenʹ — kudozti
      my house — of my house — to/for my house
    • O. Je. Poljakov, KULʹTURA I JaZYK DREVNEJ MORDVY (PREDKOV MOKŠI I ERZI), PDF
      датив — мокш. кудозенди/кудозти
      dativ — mokš. kudozendi/kudozti
      dative — to/for my house
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Moksha_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B7%D0%B5_(possessive)' title='Category:Moksha words suffixed with -зе (possessive)'>Moksha words suffixed with -зе (possessive)</a>
See also
  • -н (-n) (the possessive suffix elsewhere in the paradigm, closer to the expected Uralic form)

References
  1. Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 196
  2. Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 55
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