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Moksha Etymology The objective template V verb stem + IO object indicator + IT temporal indicator + -n- object plurality indicator + IS subject indicator with all the slots filled in is expected to yield a Common-Mordvinic *kunda-s-aj2-n-zə (using mdf кундамс as an example) "he/she/it caught them." In Erzya this produced myv кундынзе kundy-nze and in Moksha — mdf кундазень. The Erzya suffix preserves the object plurality marker -n-, Moksha does not. A false subject marker (Serebrennikov uses the word ru ложный) mdf -нь is added to the Moksha suffix.199 Pronunciation mdf Suffix mdf suffix objective conjugation ending indicating that he/she/it carried out actions involving a plural 3rd person object Derived terms mdf See also mdf -зе he/she/it carried out actions involving a singular 3rd person object References