нупонь

Erzya

Etymology

From earlier *lupoń, 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

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.
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