нус

See also: ну-с and hyc

Avar

Noun

нус • (nus)

  1. knife

Chechen

Noun

нус • (nus) ?

  1. daughter-in-law
  • нуц (nuc, “son-in-law”)

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *nïsun, equivalent to *nï- +‎ -с (-s). Related to other secretion related words such as нийх (nijh, “to blow nose”), нян (njan, “germ”) and нулимах (nulimah, “to spit”).

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /nʊs/, [no̙s]

Noun

нус • (nus) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠢᠰᠤ (nisu)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. snot
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