Buryat

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *tosun, compare Mongolian тос (tos), Kalmyk тосн (tosn).

Noun

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тоһон (tohon)

  1. fat, grease, oil

Yakut

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Etymology

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Reflexive of тоһоо (tohoo, to break off) (transitive, of ice).

Verb

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тоһон (tohon)

  1. (intransitive) (of ice) to calve