күөнэх

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Etymology

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From early *kögün. From Mongolic.

Noun

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күөнэх (küöneq)

  1. (zoology) minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
    күөнэххэ сүгэлэммиккэ дылы
    küöneqqe sügelemmikke dılı
    like taking an axe to a minnow
    (compare the Russian saying "like shooting sparrow with a cannon",
    or the English saying "like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer")