хүзүү

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *küjüxün, 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)

neck (of a person, of a bottle...)
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”)

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