Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠥᠬᠥᠬᠦ
(kökökü)
хөхөх
(xöxöx)

From Proto-Mongolic *köke-, compare Mongghul kugua.

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хөхөх (xöxöx) (causative хөхүүлэх)

  1. to suckle
  2. to suck
    Synonym: сорох (sorox)
  3. (figurative, of clothing) to hug the chest
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Etymology 2

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠥᠬᠢᠬᠦ
(kökikü)
хөхөх
(xöxöx)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Verb

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хөхөх (xöxöx)

  1. to be enlivened; to get excited
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Further reading

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  • хөхөх 1”, хөхөх 2”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001