ёнкс

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Erzya

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ёнкс (jonks)

  1. direction, quarter, compass point
    пелеве ёнксpeľeve jonksNorth
  2. side
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Alternative forms
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See also

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(compass points)

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


Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Mordvinic *joŋks, 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

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References

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  • 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.