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Appendix:Variations of "ze" Moksha Pronunciation mdf Etymology 1 The objective template V verb stem + IO object indicator + IT temporal indicator + IS subject indicator with all the slots filled in is expected to yield a Common-Mordvinic *kunda-s-aj2-zə (using mdf кундамс as an example) "he/she/it caught him/her/it." In Erzya this produced myv кундызе kundy-ze and in Moksha, mdf кундазе. Both via intermediary *kundajzə. In conclusion: this suffix is of subject marking origin.196 Suffix mdf suffix objective conjugation ending indicating that he/she/it carried out actions involving a singular 3rd person object Derived terms mdf objective See also mdf -зень he/she/it carried out actions involving a plural 3rd person object Etymology 2 The Erzya counterpart myv -м traces back to urj-pro *-mV. The Moksha counterpart is an anomaly. Based on the dialectal form -nze, it is possible that this suffix represents fusion of *-m (or mdf -н) and mdf ся that.55 There is variation in the dative form of this suffix, compare mdf кудозти (Poljakov) and mdf прязенди (Golenkov), Poljakov also gives mdf кудозенди. Suffix mdf suffix 1st person singular possessive suffix in nominative, genitive and dative with one possession mdf кудозе — кудозень — кудозти my house — of my house — to/for my house ru O. Е. Поляков, ru КУЛЬТУРА И ЯЗЫК ДРЕВНЕЙ МОРДВЫ (ПРЕДКОВ МОКШИ И ЭРЗИ), PDF mdf датив — мокш. кудозенди/кудозти dative — to/for my house Derived terms mdf possessive See also mdf -н the possessive suffix elsewhere in the paradigm, closer to the expected Uralic form References