пизем

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *pisa-~*piśa- (to rain). Related to Erzya пиземе (piźeme, rain), Finnish pisara (drop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʲizʲem/[1]

Noun

пизем • (piźəm)

  1. rain
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Атям (атям мархта пизепт)
      Aťam (aťam marhta piźept )
      Thunder (thunder with rain)

Usage notes

According to Paasonen, the Mordvinic languages have a verb пиземс (piźems, to rain), calquing Russian where rain and snow is said "to go" is, however, very common, the verbs молемс (moľems) and тумс (tums) are used for this purpose.

Declension

References

  1. ṕiźem in Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch
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