долоох

Mongolian

Etymology

1. From Proto-Mongolic *doluxa-, a variant of Proto-Mongolic *dol-. Compare Buryat долёохо (doljooxo), Kalmyk долах (dolax), Dongxiang dolu.
2. Perhaps related to Proto-Turkic *yālga-, compare Turkish yalamak. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔɮɔx/

Verb

долоох • (doloox) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠣᠯᠢᠶᠠᠬᠤ (doliyaqu), causative долоолгох)

1. to lick

Derived terms

• долоодос (doloodos, “salt given to cattle”)
• долоогоно (doloogono, “hawthorn”)
• долоовор хуруу (doloovor xuruu, “index finger”)