ёнкс

Erzya

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ёнкс • (jonks)

  1. direction, quarter, compass point
    пелеве ёнкс
    peľeve jonks
    North
    пелечи ёнкс
    peľeči jonks
    South
  2. side
Declension

Etymology 2

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

  1. arc, arch
  2. (dated) bow
    Synonym: ёнс (jons)
    менель ёнкс
    meńeľ jonks
    rainbow

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.
  • Oahpa, University of Tromsø [Note: if the English translation is missing, select Russian as target language]
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