татах

From Proto-Mongolic *tata-, compare Buryat татаха (tataxa), Kalmyk татх (tatx).

May be compared with Proto-Turkic *tart-, see Turkish tartmak. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
Sense "to smoke, to inhale" is a semantic loan from Chinese 抽 (chōu, “to draw”).

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): [tḁ̈.tɜ̆χ] (/ä/ fully devoiced by aspiration and preaspiration generated by surrounding /t/-s)
• Hyphenation: та‧тах

татах • (tatax)

1. to pull, drag
2. to fasten, tighten, draw together
3. to restrain
4. to draw (a rope, a line)
5. to contract, cramp, twitch (of an organ)
6. to dig (a ditch)
7. to mince, grind

   татсан мах ― tatsan max ― ground meat

8. to mend (clothing)
9. to inhale

   тамхи татах ― tamxi tatax ― to smoke (tobacco)

10. to fold up, gather up
11. to play (a string, wind instrument)
12. to levy (conscripts, taxes)
13. to involve (someone in an event)
14. (weather) to appear

    манан татах ― manan tatax ― for fog to settle in

15. to attract, entice
16. to weight (be equal in weight to)
17. (computing) to download

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtatəx]

та́тах • (tátax) m anim pl

1. prepositional plural of та́та (táta)