emcük

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *äm-čäk (“breast; nipple”) (earliest attested in 13th century), from Proto-Turkic *äm- (“to suck”).

Cognate with Kyrgyz эмчек (emcek), Southern Altai эмчек (emček), Kazakh емшек (emşek), Crimean Tatar emçek, Uzbek emchak, Turkmen emjek, Bashkir имсәк (imsək), etc.

Noun

emcük (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. breast

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “emcük”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN