перьфпяле

Moksha

Etymology

From перьф (peŕf, “around”) +‎ пяле (päľe, “at; by the side”). Perhaps an intensified version of перьф (peŕf, “around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perʲfˈpʲælʲə/

Adverb

перьфпя́ле • (peŕfpä́ľe)

1. around (in a circular manner)

Usage notes

Adverbs are not used with numbers for the sense "approximately," instead the comparative case (-шка (-ška, “like”) is used, for example, колмогемоньшка (kolmogemońška, “about thirty”).

Related terms

• перьфпяль (peŕfpäľ)

References

• O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN