Moksha edit

Etymology edit

From куз (kuz, spruce) +‎ -о- (-o-, [interfix]) +‎ -нь (, [genitive suffix]).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

кузонь (kuzoń)

  1. indefinite singular genitive of куз (kuz)

Adjective edit

кузонь (kuzoń)

  1. spruce, fir (relating to or characteristic of plants in the genus Picea)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      еловый — кузонь
      jelovij — kuzoń
      related to spruce trees [in Russian] — related to spruce trees

Declension edit

References edit

  • Indefinite and definite paradigms of монь (moń) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 21