перьфпяле

Moksha

Etymology

From перьф (perʹf, “around”) +‎ пяле (pjale, “at; by the side”). Perhaps an intensified version of перьф (perʹf, “around”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /perʲfˈpʲælʲə/

Adverb

перьфпя́ле • (perʹfpjále)

  1. around (in a circular manner)

Usage notes

Adverbs are not used with numbers for the sense "approximately," instead the comparative case (-шка (-ška, “like”) is used, for example, колмогемоньшка (kolmogemonʹška, “about thirty”).

References
  • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
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