nuug

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Somali

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Etymology

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From Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Cognate with Rendille nuuga (“to suck”). Compare Afar angu (“breast”), Jiiddu eenge (“breast”) Egyptian snq (“to suck”), Hebrew ינק (yanaq, “to suck”) and Hausa nono (“breast”).

Verb

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nuug

  1. to suck
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