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Etymology 1
The objective template verb stem + object indicator + temporal indicator + subject indicator with all the slots filled in is expected to yield a Common-Mordvinic *kunda-s-aj2-zə (using as an example) "he/she/it caught him/her/it." In Erzya this produced and in Moksha &mdash;. Both via intermediary *kundajzə. In conclusion: this suffix is of subject marking origin.

Etymology 2
The Erzya counterpart traces back to. The Moksha counterpart is an anomaly. Based on the dialectal form -nze, it is possible that this suffix represents fusion of *-m (or ) and.

There is variation in the dative form of this suffix, compare (Poljakov) and  (Golenkov), Poljakov also gives.

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