nuug

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Somali

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Etymology

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From Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Cognate with Rendille nuuga (to suck). Compare Afar angu (breast), Jiiddu eenge (breast) Egyptian snq (to suck), Hebrew ינק (yanaq, to suck) and Hausa nono (breast).

Verb

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nuug

  1. to suck