үдэх

Mongolian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *hüdü-, compare Dongxiang hudu (“to mend by sewing”).

Verb

үдэх • (üdex) (Mongolian spelling ᠦᠳᠡᠬᠦ (üdekü) or ᠦᠳᠦᠬᠦ (üdükü), causative үдүүлэх)

1. to lace, to fasten (shoes, wall of a yurt, ...)
2. to bind, stitch

Derived terms

• үдээс (üdees, “cord, lace”)
• үдээр (üdeer, “a thong used for fastening”)
• амаа үдэх (amaa üdex, “to shut up”)

See also

• бэхлэх (bexlex, “to fasten”)
• холбох (xolbox, “to connect”)
• уях (ujax, “to tie”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *hüde-, perhaps cognate or an early borrowing of Proto-Turkic *ud- (“to follow”).

See Turkish uymak, Manchu ᡶᡠᡩᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fudembi), an early (Para-)Mongolic loan.

Verb

үдэх • (üdex) (Mongolian spelling ᠦᠳᠡᠬᠦ (üdekü))

1. to see off

   Synonym: гаргаж өгөх (gargaž ögöx)