羊缸子
Chinese
phonetic | child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (羊缸子) | 羊缸 | 子 |
Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur يەڭگە (yengge, “elder brother's wife”).
This is often mistakenly thought of as being derived from the word for “woman” or “wife” in Uyghur or Kazakh.
Pronunciation
Noun
羊缸子
- (dialectal, Xinjiang) woman; wife