истя

Erzya

Alternative forms

• (archaic) эстя (esťa)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *estə, derived from Proto-Mordvinic *e- (“this”), suffixed with *-stV (elative case suffix). Compare Moksha эста (esta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isʲtʲɑ/

Adverb

истя • (isťa)

1. so, (in) this way

   Монгак арсян истя.

   Mongak arśan isťa .

   I agree.

   (literally, “I think so too”)

   Естя валдови тынкъ валдось ломать икеле, неевель сынь тынкъ паро тѣвть, и славасазо тятясь тынкъ мянель ланксо.

   Esťa valdovi tink valdoś lomať ikeľe, ńejeveľ siń tink paro tѣvť, i slavasazo ťaťaś tink mäńeľ lankso.

   In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

   (literally, “In this way [...]”)

Interjection

истя • (isťa)

1. yes
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 15:

     No uleze tynk valonk “isťa, isťa”, “araś, araś”; i meze uli tede uskula, se šaitansto.

     All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

References

• истя (isťa) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus
• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
• Bartens, Raija. 1999. Mordvalaiskielten rakenne ja kehitys. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 232. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
• Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1865) Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch‎^[1], London: Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien