soukyng
Middle English
Alternative forms
- soukynge, sokyng, souking, sowkyng, sokynge
Etymology
From souken + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsukinɡ/, /ˈsuːkinɡ/
Noun
soukyng (plural sowkynges)
- The extraction of milk; breastfeeding or milking.
- Extraction or drawing with one's mouth; sucking.
- (rare) Incitement.
Descendants
- English: sucking
- Scots: sookin
References
- “sǒuking(e (ger.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-31.