покон

Moksha

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

покон • (pokən)

1. (anatomy) navel

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

Nanai

Etymology

1. From Proto-Tungusic *puke, compare Evenki хукэ̄н (hukə̄n, “crop”), Ulch поко (“craw, crop”).
2. Surely related to Common Turkic *bokak, *bukuk (“crop, goitre”), compare Uyghur پوقاق (poqaq, “goitre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pokon/, [ˈpʰɔ̙qɔ̙̃ː]

Noun

покон (pokon)

1. lacrimal sac (upper end of a tear duct)