хүзүү
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *küjüxün, compare Buryat хүзүүн (xüzüün), Kalmyk күзүн (küzün), Dongxiang ghuzhun, Daur xujuu.
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /xut͡su/, [xuˈt͡su]
Noun
хүзүү • (xüzüü) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠦ (küǰügüü)); (hidden-n declension)
- neck (of a person, of a bottle...)
- headland, neck (narrow piece of dry land projecting into a body of water)
Derived terms
- хүзүүдэх (xüzüüdex, “to hug around the neck, to grab by the neck”)
- хүзүүвч (xüzüüvč, “collar, isthmus”)
- хүзүүвчлэх (xüzüüvčlex, “to collar”)
See also
- хоолой (xooloj, “throat”)