моть

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mot"

Nivkh

Etymology

From earlier *məc(ɣ). Possibly related to Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *macve (“chest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moc/

Noun

моть (moț)

1. (anatomy) breast

References

• V. N. Savel'eva, Č. M. Taksami (1970) Нивхско-русский словарь [Nivkh-Russian Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Сов. Енциклопедия, page 193.
• Fortescue, Michael (2011) “The relationship of Nivkh to Chukotko-Kamchatkan revisited”, in Lingua, volume 121, number 8, Njalsgade: University of Copenhagen, →DOI, pages 1359-1376.