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Moksha

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Etymology

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Likely related to апак (apak),[1] see there for more. If so, cognate with Proto-Finnic *epä (compare Livonian äb).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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аф (af)

  1. negative particle; do not, does not (a particle that (in its unconjugated form) negates the verb in present, conditional and desiderative)
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      английскяй и французскяй кяльхнень аф содасайне
      angľijskäj i francuzskäj käľhńeń af sodasajńe
      I don't know English and French
  2. negative particle; no (shorthand for repeating a negated version of the previous statement)
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 9
      тон тонафнят? — аф, мон покан
      ton tonafńat? — af , mon pokan
      do you study? — no, I work (~ I do not study, I work)

Conjugation

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Conjunction

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аф (af)

  1. neither (..) nor
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      аф тон, аф мон
      af ton, af mon
      neither you nor I

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 23

Nivkh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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аф (af)

  1. facial hair; beard; mustache
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