ёнкс

Erzya

Etymology 1

ён (jon, side) + -кс (-ks, nominalizing suffix)

Noun

ёнкс • (jonks)

  1. direction, quarter, compass point
    пелеве ёнксpeľeve jonksNorth
  2. side
Declension
Alternative forms
  • ёнс (jons)

See also

(compass points)

пелеве
ёнкс
(peľeve
jonks
)
чивалгома
ёнкс
(čivalgoma
jonks
)
чилисема
ёнкс
(čiľiśema
jonks
)
пелечи
ёнкс
(peľeči
jonks
)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *joŋse (bow). Cognates include Finnish jousi, Northern Sami juoksa, Northern Mansi ё̄вт (ë̄wt), Hungarian íj.

  1. arc, arch
  2. (obsolete) bow
    менель ёнксmeńeľ jonksrainbow

Declension

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ёнкс”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #190 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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