Tanım
•a rich vein, lode · nuggets of gold · a bonanza
Diğer Dillerde
A vein of gold ore.
çekim: çoğul goudaders
köken: Compound of goud (“gold”) + ader (“vein”).
bonanza (rich mine or vein of silver or gold) · gold mine, lucky strike, sweet deal (very profitable economic venture) · lark, snorter (unexpected, unusual event)
çekim: çoğul bonanzy · tamlayan bonanzy
eş: buda
köken: Borrowed from English bonanza, from Spanish bonanza, from Vulgar Latin *bonacia, alteration of malacia.
mother lode (large or rich vein of a precious mineral)
çekim: çoğul emosuonet · tamlayan emosuonen
köken: emo (“dam, sense animal mother”) + suoni (“vein”)
Etimoloji
First recorded in 조선어사전 (Joseon-eo Sajeon, “Korean Language Dictionary”), published at 1938. According to some folk etymology, from English no touch. The Korea University dictionary assumes that it is compound of 노두 (露頭, nodu, “outcrop”) + 지 (地, ji, “land”)