молан

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From мо (mo) +‎ -лан (-lan, “dative suffix”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moˈlɑn/
  • Rhymes: -ɑn
  • Hyphenation: мо‧лан

Adverb

молан • (molan)

  1. why, for what reason, for what purpose
    тыланет теле молан келша?
    tylańet teĺe molan kelša?
    why do you like winter?

Pronoun

молан • (molan)

  1. for what, to what
    шудым молан пуынет? ушкаллан
    šudym molan puyńet? uškallan
    to what do you want to give hay? to the cows

Derived terms
conjunctions
  • молан манаш гын (molan manaš gyn)

References
  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “молан”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
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