нупонь

Erzya

Нупонь.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *lupəń, from Proto-Finno-Permic *luppa (“tree-moss, lichen, moss”). Related to Finnish luppo (“beard-like lichen that typically grow on trees”).

Noun

нупонь • (nupoń)

1. moss

Declension

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References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “нупонь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1393 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.