цавуу

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *cab-, perhaps from or otherwise related to Proto-Turkic *čap- (“to plaster”).

Compare Middle Mongol [Term?] (/⁠čabsun⁠/), Kalmyk цавг (tsavg, “glue”), Uyghur چاپلىماق (chaplimaq, “to plaster, to stick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʰawʊ/

Noun

цавуу • (cavuu) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠠᠪᠠᠤ (čabau)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. glue
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