хөх

Mongolian

Etymology 1

Borrowed or cognate with Proto-Turkic *gȫk, compare with Turkish gök and potentially Altaic Evenki куку (kuku, “sea-coloured”).

Adjective

хөх • (höh) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠥᠬᠡ (köke))

blue

Etymology 2

From Middle Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠨ (kökün), from Proto-Mongolic *kökön (“breast, nipple”).

Somehow related to Proto-Turkic *kögüz / *kögüŕ (“chest”). Compare Turkish göğüs, Kyrgyz көкүрөк (kökürök) and Chuvash кăкăр (kăkăr).

Noun

хөх • (höh) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠥᠬᠦ (kökü))

breast

Descendants

→ Manchu: ᡥᡠᡥᡠᠨ (huhun)

Derived terms

хөхний сүү (höhnij süü, “breast milk”)
хөхний товч (höhnij tovč, “nipple”)
хөхний толгой (höhnij tolgoj, “nipple”)

References

Sergei Starostin, Altaic etymology

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