уушги
Mongolian
editAlternative forms
edit- уушиг (uušig)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Mongolic *axuskï (“lungs”).
Perhaps distantly related to Proto-Turkic *öpke. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Compare Buryat уушхан (uušxan), Kalmyk оошк (ooşk), Daur aurky, Dongxiang ushighei (“heart”), Bashkir үпкә (üpkə) and Manchu ᡠᡶᡠᡥᡠ (ufuhu).