хув
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Mongolian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Cognate with Kalmyk хув (xuv), Buryat хуба (xuba), likely from Chinese 琥珀 (hǔpò), itself of Central Asian origin.
Noun[edit]
хув • (xuv) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠪᠠ (quba))
Etymology 2[edit]
From Common Turkic *quba, compare Karakhanid [script needed] (quba), influenced by the homonymous word for amber.
Adjective[edit]
хув • (xuv)
Derived terms[edit]
- хувхай (xuvxaj, “pale, dry”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Perhaps a shortening of хув хулгар (xuv xulgar, “completely crop-eared”).
Adjective[edit]
хув • (xuv)
- small-eared