поназ

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Erzya

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Etymology

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Unknown. Vershinin (2009) proposes an onomatopoeic root пон- (pon-, bee) with an unknown suffix -аз (-az).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ponaz/
  • Hyphenation: по‧наз

Noun

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поназ (ponaz) (singular only)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of медь (meď, honey)

Declension

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “поназ”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • V. I. Vershinin (2009) “поназ”, in Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков, volume 4, Jokshar-Ola