пяле

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *pälä (half; side).[1] The sense of the postposition apparently evolved from "side" to "by the side of."

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /pʲælʲə/

Postposition

пяле (pjale)

  1. at
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      книгась аляцень кядьса/пяле/шире
      knigasʹ aljacenʹ kjadʹsa/pjale/šire
      the book is with your father (~ at your father's place)

Usage notes

This postposition is used with genitive.

Synonyms

  • кядьса (kjadʹsa)
  • шире (šire)

Noun

пяле (pjale)

  1. half
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      фкя и пяле
      fkja i pjale
      one and a half

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mordovskix (erzjanskovo i mokšanskovo) jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 342
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