цавуу

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *cab-, perhaps from or otherwise related to Proto-Turkic *čap- (to plaster).

Compare Middle Mongol [Term?] (/⁠čabsun⁠/), Kalmyk цавг (tsavg, glue), Uyghur چاپلىماق (chaplimaq, to plaster, to stick).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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цавуу (cavuu) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠠᠪᠠᠤ (čabau)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. glue