пеньга

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

• penga

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk penge or its dialectal forms like Norwegian Nynorsk penga and Norwegian Nynorsk peng. Contaminated by Russian деньги (denʹgi) (also because the sound [ŋ] is absent in Russian)

Noun

пеньга (penʹga)

1. money

   Synonym: djængi

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
• М. Пришвин (1908) За волшебнымъ колобкомъ : По Крайнему Сѣверу Россiи и Норвегiи, reedition 1982 on the Russian Wikisource.Wikisource ^ru