Western Mari

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Понгывлӓ.

Etymology

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From Proto-Mari *poŋgə, from Proto-Uralic *paŋka. Cognates include Eastern Mari поҥго (poŋgo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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понгы (pongy)

  1. mushroom
  2. fungus

References

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  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “понгы”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
  • K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 66