долоох
Mongolian edit
Etymology edit
- From Proto-Mongolic *doluxa-, a variant of Proto-Mongolic *dol-. Compare Buryat долёохо (doljooxo), Kalmyk долах (dolax), Dongxiang dolu.
- Perhaps related to Proto-Turkic *yālga-, compare Turkish yalamak. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
долоох • (doloox) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠣᠯᠢᠶᠠᠬᠤ (doliyaqu), causative долоолгох)
- to lick
Derived terms edit
- долоодос (doloodos, “salt given to cattle”)
- долоогоно (doloogono, “hawthorn”)
- долоовор хуруу (doloovor xuruu, “index finger”)