хөхөх

Mongolian

Etymology 1

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠥᠬᠥᠬᠦ (kökökü)	хөхөх (xöxöx)

From Proto-Mongolic *köke-, compare Mongghul kugua.

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /ˈxɵxɵx/
  • Syllabification: хө‧хөх (2 syllables)

Verb

хөхөх • (xöxöx) (causative хөхүүлэх)

1. to suckle
2. to suck

   Synonym: сорох (sorox)

3. (figurative, of clothing) to hug the chest

Derived terms

• гоюу хөхөх (gojuu xöxöx)
• гурил хөхөх (guril xöxöx)
• сүүл хөхөх (süül xöxöx)
• хурга хөхөх (xurga xöxöx)
• хүүхэд хөхөх (xüüxed xöxöx)

Related terms

• хөх (xöx, “breast”)

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠥᠬᠢᠬᠦ (kökikü)	хөхөх (xöxöx)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /ˈxɵxɵx/
  • Syllabification: хө‧хөх (2 syllables)

Verb

хөхөх • (xöxöx)

1. to be enlivened; to get excited

Derived terms

• хөөрөх хөхөх (xööröx xöxöx)
• хөхлөг (xöxlög)
• хөхөлт (xöxölt)
• хөхөх хөгжих (xöxöx xögžix)

Further reading

• “хөхөх 1”, “хөхөх 2”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
• Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001