хөх

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Kalmyk

Adjective

хөх • (xöx)

  1. blue-green, green

Mongolian

Etymology 1

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠥᠬᠡ
(köke)		хөх
(xöx)

From Proto-Mongolic *köke, compare Buryat хүхэ (xüxe). Borrowed from or cognate with Proto-Turkic *kȫk; compare Turkish gök and Evenki куку (kuku, “sea-coloured”). For the figurative sense, compare Kazakh көк жамбас (kök jambas).

Pronunciation

Adjective

хөх • (xöx)

  1. blue
  2. (figurative) weak; weakened
Derived terms

Etymology 2

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠥᠬᠦ
(kökü)		хөх
(xöx)

From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠦ (kökü), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠨ (kökün), from Proto-Mongolic *kökün (“breast, nipple”). Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *kögüz or *kögüŕ (“chest”). Compare Turkish göğüs, Kyrgyz көкүрөк (kökürök) and Chuvash кӑкӑр (kăk̬ăr).

Pronunciation

Noun

хөх • (xöx)

  1. breast (of a woman)
  2. teat (of an animal)
  3. dewlap (of a cow)
  4. piglet; squeaker (young of a wild boar)
Derived terms

References

  • Sergei Starostin, Altaic etymology
  • “хөх 1”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • “хөх 2”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • “хөх 3”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • “хөх 4”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • “хөх 5”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001
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