дохих
Mongolian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Turkic *tokɨ- (“to beat, knock, to drive in”). Perhaps merging with a different root, *dokï- (“to stoop”), compare дохийх (doxiix, “to bend”), дохигор (doxigor, “bent”).
Earliest attestation of either root is pre-Classical ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠭᠤᠷ (doqiɣur) (modern дохиур (doxiur)). They are not found outside Central Mongolic.
cognates
Cognate with Ordos Mongolian Buryat дохихо (doxixo, “to nod, to bow, to greet with a gift”), Khamnigan Mongol докиху, Kalmyk докх (dokh, “to make a sign, gesture, to hit, strike, to beat”) (obsolete).
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /tɔxʲəx/, [ˈtɞçɪç]
Verb
дохих • (doxix) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠬᠤ (doqiqu))
- (obsolete) to beat (a drum)
- to give a sign, signal, to cue
- to conduct (a musical performance)
- to gesture, to beckon
- to nod
- (by extension) to nod off, to doze
Derived terms
- дохио (doxio, “sign, gesture”)
- дохиоч (doxioč, “signalist”)
- дохиолох (doxiolox, “to gesture, to motion”)
- дохиур (doxiur, “drumstick, stamen”)
- дохилзох (doxilzox, “to bow”)