лия

Veršinin considers this term evidently connected with иля (ilja, “other, different”), the latter being the original form, the root и- (i-) is of the same origin as исень (isenʹ, “of yesterday [adjective]”) and ичкозе (ičkoze, “far”), э- (e-) in Erzya эзк (ezk, “close, next to”), эське (esʹke, “last time”), he compares -э- in Tundra Nenets [script needed] (ŋeli, “other, different”), [script needed] (ŋelimź, “to become different”), Udmurt иськан (isʹkan, “close female friend, close relative”) and Eastern Mari (в)е- ((v)je-) in вес(е) (ves(je), “other”) (where в- (v-) might be a secondary development.) In relation to the last ones, he also compares Proto-Turkic [Term?] (eš, “friend”).

In the Erzya word иля (ilja, “don't [imperative of negation verb]”) Veršinin sees shifting of meaning from "that (one)" → "not (that one)," where the и- (i-) originally has been a demonstrative component, the same as in the Moksha term.[1]

• IPA^(key): /lʲiˈjæ/

лия́ • (lijá)

1. other
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     лиянь «другого»

     lijanʹ «drugogo»

     other [object] "other" [in Russian]

     лиянди «другому»

     lijandi «drugomu»

     to another [dative] "to another" [in Russian]

     Аф, тинь монь шорямасть лия́нь мархта.

     Af, tinʹ monʹ šorjamastʹ lijánʹ marxta.

     No, you confused me with another (person)/someone else.

     Эняльдян, азость (азк) лия́кс!

     Enjalʹdjan, azostʹ (azk) lijáks!

     Please (I ask you), say [pl.] ([sg.]) (it) differently (~ paraphrase it)!

     Минь ошсонк электрола́мповай, механи́ческяй (..) заво́тт и лия́т.

     Minʹ ošsonk elektrolámpovaj, mexaníčeskjaj (..) zavótt i liját.

     In our town (there are) electrical lamp, mechanical (..) factories and others.

   • B. V. Vsesvjatskij, Botanika: SREDNJaJ ŠKOLANʹDI TONAFNEMA KNIGA, 1933

     Лияста стака уленди азомс кулофт или эрект ня видьметне [sic видьмотне?], конашкава аф эряфоннекс синь сембе няевихть.

     Lijasta staka ulendi azoms kuloft ili erekt nja vidʹmetne [sic vidʹmotne?], konaškava af erjafonneks sinʹ sembe njajevixtʹ.

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     (..) и аф ётнихть лиятне (..)

     (..) i af jotnixtʹ lijatne (..)

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     Калиень удобрениятне велень хозяйствань тевс лиятнень коряс сувасть сяда меле.

     Kalijenʹ udobrenijatne velenʹ xozjajstvanʹ tevs lijatnenʹ korjas suvastʹ sjada mele.

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