думчук

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tumšuk. Cognate with Turkish tumşuk (“large beak”), Kazakh тұмсық (tūmsyq, “beak”), Kyrgyz тумшук (tumşuk, “beak”), Uzbek tumshuq (“beak”), Uyghur تۇمشۇق (tumshuq, “beak”) and Yakut тумус (tumus, “beak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum.t͡ʃuk/, [t̬ʊm.t͡ɕʊk̠]
• Hyphenation: дум‧чук

Noun

думчук • (dumçuk) (definite accusative думчукту, plural думчуктар)

1. nose

See also

• хаай (xaay)