אָטעמלאָך

Yiddish

Etymology

אָטעם (otem) +‎ לאָך (lokh). Compare German Atemloch.

Noun

אָטעמלאָך • (otemlokh) m or f, plural אָטעמלעכער (otemlekher)

1. (marine biology) blowhole (hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe)

See also

• (head-top spiracle blowhole): בלאָזלאָך (blozlokh)
• (metallurgy blowhole): בלעזל (blezl)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “blowhole (in ice)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN