Manchu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tungusic *tiaku (hen),[1] in turn from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu (hen, fowl)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ᠴᠣᡴᠣ (coko)

  1. chicken

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tiaku”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill