папа

papa (romanization)
папа (indefinite nominative singular)
папат (indefinite nominative plural)
папань (genitive indefinite singular)
папанень (dative indefinite singular)
пападо (ablative indefinite singular)
папасо (indefinite inessive singular)
папасто (elative indefinite singular)
папас (illative indefinite singular)
папава (indefinite prolative singular)
папакс (indefinite singular translative)
папашка (comparative indefinite singular)
папавтомо (abessive indefinite singular)
папась (definite nominative singular)
папатне (definite nominative plural)
папанть (definite genitive singular)
папатнень (definite genitive plural)
папантень (dative definite singular)
папатненень (dative definite plural)
пападонть (ablative definite singular)
папатнеде (ablative definite plural)
папасонть (definite inessive singular)
папатнесэ (definite inessive plural)
папастонть (definite elative singular)
папатнестэ (definite elative plural)
папантень (definite illative singular)
папатнес (definite illative plural)
папаванть (definite prolative singular)
папатнева (definite plural prolative)
папашканть (comparative definite singular)
папатнешка (comparative definite plural)
папавтомонть (abessive definite singular)
папатневтеме (abessive definite plural)

Veršinin suggests child language origin, reduplication of the syllable pa, relationship with Russian попа (popa, “butt”) is uncertain, he also suggests comparing this term with Erzya папарезь (papaŕeź, “tadpole”).

Папазей

a spirit/deity that rules over the penis


сан

san (romanization)
сан (indefinite nominative singular)
сант (indefinite nominative plural)
санонь (genitive indefinite singular)
саннэнь (dative indefinite singular)
сандо (ablative indefinite singular)
сансо (indefinite inessive singular)
сансто (elative indefinite singular)
санс (illative indefinite singular)
санга (indefinite prolative singular)
санкс (indefinite singular translative)
саншка (comparative indefinite singular)
сантомо (abessive indefinite singular)

From Proto-Mordvinic *san, from Proto-Uralic *sëne. Compare Finnish suoni, Estonian soon, Kildin Sami сӯнн (sūnn), Eastern Mari шӱн (šün), Udmurt сӧн (sön), Hungarian ín.

верень сан

Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch
koda lomań v́ijse͔nᴣe͔, ḱeḿe sonᴣo sanozo — Wenn der Mann (‘Mensch’) bei Kräften ist, ist sein Glied stark.
[literal translation from Erzya] when a man is in his strength, firm his penis is — [German translation]


пиле

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пиле • (piľe)

From Proto-Mordvinic *piľə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *peljä (“ear”). Cognate with Moksha пиле (piľe), Inari Sami pelji, Udmurt пель (peľ).
Other cognates
* Ugric
** Northern Khanty пӑԯ (păł)
** Northern Mansi паль (palʹ)
** Hungarian fül
* Permic
** Komi-Zyrian пель (peľ)
** Udmurt пель (peľ)
* Mari
** Eastern Mari пылыш (pylyš)
** Western Mari пӹлӹш (pÿlÿš)
* Samic
** Northern Sami beallji
** Kildin Sami пе̄лльй (piell’j)

пиле варя ― piľe vaŕa ― earlobe

Meze mon kortľan tynenk tšopodava, se kortlede valdova, i meze jovtan tynenk piles, se jovtado kudo veľksse.

1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 33:

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.


лексема

лексема • (ľekśema)

лексе- (ľekśe-, “to breathe”) + -ма (-ma)


пад

Possibly borrowed from Tatar бәтәк (bätäk).


сельме

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сельме • (śeľme)

śeľme (romanization)
сельме (indefinite nominative singular)
сельметь (indefinite nominative plural)
сельмень (genitive indefinite singular)
сельменень (dative indefinite singular)
сельмеде (ablative indefinite singular)
сельмесэ (indefinite inessive singular)
сельместэ (elative indefinite singular)
сельмес (illative indefinite singular)
сельмева (indefinite prolative singular)
сельмекс (indefinite singular translative)
сельмешка (comparative indefinite singular)
сельмевтеме (abessive indefinite singular)
сельмесь (definite nominative singular)
сельмтне (definite nominative plural)
сельменть (definite genitive singular)
сельмтнень (definite genitive plural)
сельментень (dative definite singular)
сельмтненень (dative definite plural)
сельмеденть (ablative definite singular)
сельмтнеде (ablative definite plural)
сельмсэнть (definite inessive singular)
сельмтнесэ (definite inessive plural)
сельмстэнть (definite elative singular)
сельмтнестэ (definite elative plural)
сельментень (definite illative singular)
сельмтнес (definite illative plural)
сельмеванть (definite prolative singular)
сельмтнева (definite plural prolative)
сельмешканть (comparative definite singular)
сельмтнешка (comparative definite plural)
сельмевтементь (abessive definite singular)
сельмтневтеме (abessive definite plural)

From Proto-Mordvinic *śeľmə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *śilmä (“eye”). Cognates include Finnish silmä, Northern Sami čalbmi, Western Mari шинча (šinča), Komi-Permyak син (śin), Hungarian szem.

сельме валдо

I meks ton vanat pitska lanks seľmse bratot tońt, a tonset seľmset šotško a nejat?

1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 20:

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?


дёрть

дёрть • (ďoŕť)

Paasonen lists this term as either d́uŕt́ or d́oŕt́ (in standard orthography either дюрть (ďuŕť) or дёрть (ďoŕť)).

Heikki Paasonen, Mordwinisches Wörterbuch
son ḱeńarkšni͔ bojar ava sanońt́ laŋks, už ǵikńet́i azor ava d́uŕt́eńt́ laŋks — Sie ist, die Bojarin, froh über das Glied, sie ist, die Herrin, entzückt von der Rute.
son ḱeńarkšni͔ bojar ava sanońt́ laŋks, už ǵikńet́i azor ava d́uŕt́eńt́ laŋks — Sie ist, die Bojarin, froh über das Glied, sie ist, die Herrin, entzückt von der Rute.
she is a lady enthusiastic about the penis, she is a lady enthralled by the penis — [translation in German]


верь

верь • (veŕ)

veŕ (romanization)
верь (indefinite nominative singular)
верть (indefinite nominative plural)
верень (genitive indefinite singular)
вернень (dative indefinite singular)
верде (ablative indefinite singular)
верьсэ (indefinite inessive singular)
верьстэ (elative indefinite singular)
верес (illative indefinite singular)
верьга (indefinite prolative singular)
верекс (indefinite singular translative)
верьшка (comparative indefinite singular)
вертеме (abessive indefinite singular)

From Proto-Mordvinic *ver, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *were. Cognates include Moksha вер (ver), Finnish veri, Livonian ver, Eastern Mari вӱр (vür), Hungarian vér.

I kortliťado: ulevlińdäŕatanok miń täťanok tšisest, seste avolinek valno proroktneń verest.

1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 80:

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’


пильге

пильге • (piľge)

piľge (romanization)
пильге (indefinite nominative singular)
пильгеть (indefinite nominative plural)
пильгень (genitive indefinite singular)
пильгенень (dative indefinite singular)
пильгеде (ablative indefinite singular)
пильгесэ (indefinite inessive singular)
пильгестэ (elative indefinite singular)
пильгес (illative indefinite singular)
пильгева (indefinite prolative singular)
пильгекс (indefinite singular translative)
пильгешка (comparative indefinite singular)
пильгевтеме (abessive indefinite singular)

According to Keresztes, from Proto-Mordvinic *piľgə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *päľkɜ (“foot”).
Alternatively, but less probably, from a variant of Proto-Uralic *jalka~*jïlka with an irregular shift j > p. Compare Ter Sami jïllʹge.

I saźt malazonzo lamo lomat, martostoľt kromoit, sokort, nemoit, tšavozet i lamo liat, i putyze synst Jisusoń piľgenze ikeľde, i son letsinze syńst.

1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 55:

Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.


ацерь

ацерь • (aćeŕ)

Back-formation from ацерьгавтомс (aćeŕgavtoms).

back-form

ацерьгавтомс


пизэке

пизэ (pize, “nest”) + -ке (-ke, a diminutive-forming suffix)

suffix

цюци пизэке

(pathology) growth (mass of cells affected by a disease)


ацерьке

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ацерьке • (aćeŕke)


коня

коня • (końa)

końa (romanization)
коня (indefinite nominative singular)
конят (indefinite nominative plural)
конянь (genitive indefinite singular)
конянень (dative indefinite singular)
конядо (ablative indefinite singular)
конясо (indefinite inessive singular)
конясто (elative indefinite singular)
коняс (illative indefinite singular)
конява (indefinite prolative singular)
конякс (indefinite singular translative)
коняшка (comparative indefinite singular)
конявтомо (abessive indefinite singular)

From Proto-Mordvinic *końə. Possibly a back-formation from *końəms (“to close one's eyes”), which is from Proto-Uralic *kuńa- (“to close the eyes, blink”).

inh

келей коня


уса

Borrowed from Old East Slavic усъ (usŭ) or Russian ус (us).


кочкаря

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кочкаря • (kočkaŕa)

From Proto-Mordvinic *kočkəŕə, likely derived from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *kočka~*kočke (“corner”), whence Finnish kotkata (“to clinch, clench”).
Akin to Moksha кочкяря (kočkäŕa).


поте

поте • (poťe)

Onomatopoeic. Compare Erzya потямс (poťams, “to milk”).


кедь

кедь • (keď)

keď (romanization)
кедь (indefinite nominative singular)
кедть (indefinite nominative plural)
кедень (genitive indefinite singular)
кеднень (dative indefinite singular)
кедде (ablative indefinite singular)
кедьсэ (indefinite inessive singular)
кедьстэ (elative indefinite singular)
кедьс (illative indefinite singular)
кедьга (indefinite prolative singular)
кедекс (indefinite singular translative)
кедьшка (comparative indefinite singular)
кедтеме (abessive indefinite singular)

From Proto-Mordvinic *käď, from Proto-Uralic *käte (“hand”). Cognates include Moksha кядь (käď), Finnish käsi (käte-), Eastern Mari кид (kid), Hungarian kéz.

Кулозесь лись, кедензэ, пильгензэ тапарязь коцтнэ, чамазо-як сюлмсезь пацясо.

1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke^(https://wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5_(%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C)/%D0%92), page 262:

The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.

Kuloźeś ľiś, keďenze , piľgenze tapaŕaź koctne, čamazo-jak śulmśeź paćaso.


кедь

кедь • (keď)

From Proto-Mordvinic *keď, from Proto-Uralic *kete (“skin, hide”).


чамаумарь

чамаумарь • (čamaumaŕ)

чама (čama, “face”) + умарь (umaŕ, “apple”)

compound

якстере чамаумарть


чамабока

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чамабока • (čamaboka)

чама (čama, “face”) + бока (boka, “side”)

compound

якстере чамабокат


муюкт

Of Turkic origin. Compare Tatar мыйык (mıyıq, “moustache”).


пейловажа

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пейловажа • (pejlovaža)

пей (pej, “tooth”) + ловажа (lovaža, “bone”)


черь

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черь • (čeŕ)

Uncertain. Sometimes compared with Proto-Ugric *säkrɜ (“hair”) (whence Hungarian szőr (“hair”)).
Akin to Moksha шяярь (šäjaŕ).


пейпакарь

пейпакарь • (pejpakaŕ)

пей (pej, “tooth”) + пакарь (pakaŕ, “bone”)


уло

From Proto-Mordvinic *ulə, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ola (“chin”). Cognates include Lule Sami oalol, Kildin Sami вуал- (vual-), Hungarian áll.


кирьгапарь

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кирьгапарь • (kiŕgapaŕ)

кирьга (kiŕga, “neck”) + парь (paŕ, “barrel, tube, vat”)


кенерепакарь

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кенерепакарь • (keńeŕepakaŕ)

кенере (keńeŕe, “elbow”) + пакарь (pakaŕ, “bone”)


човонь

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човонь • (čovoń)

Possibly related to Erzya чов (čov, “back of knife”), which is from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *šamᴈ. Compare Finnish hamara, Veps hamar.


кирьга

кирьга • (kiŕga)

From Proto-Mordvinic *kərga, whence also Moksha крга (krga). Likely borrowed from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ (“neck”) or a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”). A direct connection to Proto-Finnic *kurkku has also been proposed, but considered doubtful.

der

кувака кирьга


копорь

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копорь • (kopoŕ)

From Proto-Mordvinic *kopəŕə (*kopə + *-ŕə), possibly from the same onomatopoeic root as Udmurt купырмыны (kupyrmyny, “to hunch over”), Komi-Permyak копрасьны (kopraśny, “to stoop, to bend down”).


пильгесур

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пильгесур • (piľgesur)

пильге (piľge, “foot”) + сур (sur, “finger”)


пуляза

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пуляза • (puľaza)


качо

качо • (kačo)


пакарь

пакарь • (pakaŕ)

From Proto-Mordvinic *paka-ŕə. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic.
Compare also Erzya and Moksha пакамс (pakams, “to walk; stroll”).


вачочи

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вачочи • (vačoči)

вачо (vačo, “hungry”) + -чи (-či, noun-forming suffix)


кумажа

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кумажа • (kumaža)

From Proto-Mordvinic *pəl(ma)-, inherited from Proto-Uralic *polwe (“knee”). Compare Moksha пълманжа (pəlmanža). Other cognates include Finnish polvi, Estonian põlv, Northern Sami buolva, Western Mari пылвуй (pylvuj), Tundra Nenets пулы (puli).

Тень неезь, Симон Петр прась Іисусонь кумажазонзо да мерьсь: тук монь вакстон, Пазом, мон ломансь пежетеван.

1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke^(https://wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5_(%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C)/%D0%92), page 148:

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”

Ťeń ńejeź, Śimon Petr praś Iisusoń kumažazonzo da meŕś: tuk moń vakston, Pazom, mon lomańś pežeťevan.


кутьмере

кутьмере • (kuťmeŕe)

Probably related to Erzya кутмордамс (kutmordams, “to hug”). Ultimately onomatopoeic.


верьсан

верьсан • (veŕsan)

верь (veŕ, “blood”) + сан (san, “vein, (blood) vessel”)


оймень таргсема

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оймень таргсема • (ojmeń targśema)

оймень (ojmeń, “[of] soul”) + таргсема (targśema, “pulling”)


ловажа

ловажа • (lovaža)

From Proto-Mordvinic *lovaža, from Proto-Uralic *luwe. Compare Finnish luu, Eastern Mari лу (lu), Northern Mansi лув (luv).

Кискась порни ловажа.


коське сан

коське сан • (kośke san)

From коське (kośke, “dry”) and сан (san, “(blood) wessel, tendon”). Calque of Russian сухожилие (suxožilije).

кочкарянь коське сан


киське

киське • (kiśke)

From Proto-Mordvinic *kiśkə, derived from *keď (“skin”) or, according to Keresztes, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *kēske.

Пилатсь мерьсь тензэ. Сон мольсь да валтызе Іисусонь киськензэ.

1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke^(https://wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5_(%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C)/%D0%92), page 286:

With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away.

Pilaťś meŕś ťenze . Son moľś da valtiźe Iisusoń kiśkenze .


куманжа

куманжа • (kumanža)


чамапелькс

чамапелькс • (čamapeľks)

чама (čama, “face”) + пелькс (peľks, “part”)


сельведь

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сельведь • (śeľveď)

сельме (śeľme, “eye”) + ведь (veď, “water”)
Compare Moksha сельмоведь (śeľmoveď), Western Mari сӹнзӓвӹд (sÿnzävÿd).

cog

Moksha сельмоведь (śeľmoveď)


кургоменель

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кургоменель • (kurgomeńeľ)

курго (kurgo) + менель (meńeľ)

affix

курго (kurgo) + менель (meńeľ)


пейсалазке

пей (pej, “tooth”) and салазке (salazke, “jaw”)