кондямо

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *końďəmə (*końďə +‎ *-mə), whence Moksha кондяма (kondäma), кондя (kondä, “mate, companion, comrade”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta, in which case it is related to Finnish kunta (“municipality; commune”), Estonian -kond (e.g., in ühiskond (“society”)), Livonian -gõnd (e.g., in kōzgõnd (“wedding”)), Northern Mansi [script needed] (χōnt) and Hungarian had (“army”).

Another possibility is a derivation from Proto-Mordvinic *ko-, found in Erzya кона (kona, “which”) and кода (koda, “how; as, like”). Compare Komi-Zyrian кодь (koď), коддьӧм (kodďöm, “similar; (a)like”).

For a similar grammatical structure involving the genitive, see Finnish kaltainen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konʲdʲamo/

Postposition

кондямо • (konďamo)

  1. (genitive and/or possessive suffix +) -like, like, alike, similar
    ёвксонь кондямо ― jovksoń konďamo ― fabulous (literally, “like a fairy tale”)

References

  • Heikki Paasonen; Kaino Heikkilä; Martti Kahla (1990-1996), H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “кондямо”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
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