хөхүүр
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *kökexür, compare East Yugur hküür.
Perhaps equivalent to хөх- (höh-, “to suckle”) + -үүр (-üür).
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /xoxur/, [xʊˈxur]
Noun
хөхүүр • (höhüür) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠦᠷ (köküür)); (regular declension )
- a leather bag for holding liquid (usually used for fermenting dairy products) wineskin, waterskin, goatskin
- snuffbox
- Synonym: хөөрөг (höörög)
Hypernyms
- сав (sav, “container”)
See also
- айраг (ajrag, “koumiss”), тараг (tarag, “yogurt”) - most common contents of хөхүүр