Contionary:kónang

Lifashian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks. Cognate with English honey.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [ˈkoːnæŋ]

(Helenopolitan) IPA: [ˈkoʊ̯næŋ]

Noun

kónang m (1st declension, pl. kónangi)

1. an alcoholic beverage

   Mey Dáré Lífasyám nyam nyámohírné háp tassyá fardadifenors kónangám gigyase.

   In Dár Lífasyám there's a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages.

2. (dialectal or archaic) mead

   So sasé kónangom egiríya.

   The guest received mead.

Inflection

[show]Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kónang	kónangi
Genitive	kónangé	kónangám
Dative	kónangí	kónanguwi
Accusative	kónangom	kónangás

Usage notes

The word kónang and its adjective kónangsyás are used to refer to alcoholic beverages or alcohol in food; for alcohol in any other context the corresponding words are the noun alkol and the adjective alkolíyás.

Derived terms

• kónangsyás (alcoholic; adj. related to alcoholic beverages)
• kónang médíhtiyors (literary) ambrosia ("mead of immortality")