оньксть

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Erzya

Оньксть.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ovks~*oŋks, inherited from Proto-Uralic *aŋe (opening, incision, deepening) and suffixed with *-ks. Cognate with Eastern Mari аҥ (, hole; mouth), Udmurt ым (ym), Komi-Zyrian вом (vom), Komi-Permyak ӧм (öm), Hungarian ajak (lip).

Compare also Erzya суркс (surks, ring), пилекс (piľeks, earring).

Pronunciation

Noun

оньксть (ońkśť)

  1. bit (metal in horse's mouth)

Declension

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “оньксть”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #17 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.