тёжань

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťožäń, from earlier *tušanti~*tušamti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tū́(k)stantis (whence Latvian tūkstotis, Lithuanian tūkstantis). Compare Finnish tuhat (tuhante-), Livonian tūontõ, borrowed from the same Baltic root.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʲoʒanʲ/

Numeral

тёжань • (ťožań)

  1. thousand
    • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎, page 104:
      Знярдо вяте кшыть синтринь монъ вяте тю̂жомть ломаннень: зняро кошельть пещиде тынь пурназь сускомодо?
      Zńardo väťe kšiť śintŕiń mon väťe ťûžomť lomanńeń: zńaro košeľť peščiďe tiń purnaź suskomodo?
      “When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

Declension

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References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тёжань”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
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