үмхэх

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *emkü-, compare Dongxiang unghu (“to swallow, to devour”).

Verb

үмхэх • (ümxex) (Mongolian spelling ᠡᠮᠬᠦᠬᠦ (emkükü))

1. to bite, to swallow, to devour in one bite

Derived terms

• амаараа шороо үмхэх (amaaraa šoroo ümxex, “to fall for, to languish”, literally “to bite the soil”)

Related terms

• үмх (ümx, “bite”)