нус

See also: ну-с and hyc

Avar

Etymology 1

Akin to Chechen нус (nus), Mingrelian ნოსა (nosa), Adyghe нысэ (nəsɛ).

Noun

нус • (nus)

  1. daughter-in-law
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

нус • (nus)

  1. knife

Chechen

Pronunciation

Noun

нус • (nus) class ?

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

Ingush

Pronunciation

Noun

нус • (nus) class ?

  1. daughter-in-law

Mongolian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. snot
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