Moksha

Pronoun

ся • ‎(sja)

1. (demonstrative) that
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, ISBN 978-5-91940-080-6

     тот и другой — ся и тона‎

     tot i drugoj — sja i tona

     that and the other [in Russian] — that and the other

     сяда меле (потом)‎

     sjada mele (potom)

     after that (after (that) [in Russian])

     сянкса, сянкса штоба, сянь кувалма (с той целью)‎

     sjanksa, sjanksa štoba, sjanʹ kuvalma (s toj celʹju)

     because of that, as a consequence (of that) (with the aim/objective of [in Russian])

     ибо — сяс мес‎

     ibo — sjas mes

     because [in Russian] — because

     оттого — сяс, сянкса‎

     ottogo — sjas, sjanksa

     therefore [in Russian] — therefore

     в ту пору — эста, ся пингть‎

     v tu poru — esta, sja pingtʹ

     at that time [in Russian] — at that time (lit. "of that time")

Declension

Derived terms

• сяда ‎(sjada)
• сяс ‎(sjas)
• сянкса ‎(sjanksa)

References

1. ↑ see in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, ISBN 978-9985-79-478-4

Russian

Etymology

Contracted from себя́ ‎(sebjá) and probably not a direct descendant of Proto-Slavic *sę (whence -ся ‎(-sja)) or Old Church Slavonic сѧ ‎(sę).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲa]

Pronoun

ся • ‎(sja)

1. (colloquial) Contraction of себя́ ‎(sebjá).