хүзүү

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *küǰüxün, compare Buryat хүзүүн (xüzüün), Kalmyk күзүн (küzün), Dongxiang ghuzhun, Daur xujuu.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /xut͡su/, [xuˈt͡su]

Noun

хүзүү • (xüzüü) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠦ (küǰügüü)); (hidden-n declension)

1. neck (of a person, of a bottle...)
2. headland, neck (narrow piece of dry land projecting into a body of water)

Derived terms

• хүзүүдэх (xüzüüdex, “to hug around the neck, to grab by the neck”)
• хүзүүвч (xüzüüvč, “collar, isthmus”)
  • хүзүүвчлэх (xüzüüvčlex, “to collar”)

See also

• хоолой (xooloj, “throat”)