Erzya edit

 
Пине.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uralic *penä (dog). Related to Finnish peni, Livonian pi’ņ, Northern Sami beana, Eastern Mari пий (pij), Udmurt пуны (puny), Komi-Zyrian пон (pon).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

пине (pińe)

  1. dog
    Synonym: киска (kiska)
    кежей пинеkežej pińean angry dog

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пине”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #743 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.