покон

Nanai

Etymology

Compare Ulch поко (“craw, crop”), Evenki хукэ̄н (hukə̄n, “crop”). Surely related to Common Turkic *bokak, *bukuk (“crop, goitre”), compare Uyghur پوقاق (poqaq, “goitre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pokon/, [ˈpʰɔ̙qɔ̙̃ː]

Noun

покон (pokon)

1. lacrimal sac (upper end of a tear duct)