אָטעמלאָך

Yiddish

Etymology

אָטעם (otem) +‎ לאָך (lokh). Compare German Atemloch.

Noun

אָטעמלאָך • (otemlokh) m or f, plural אָטעמלעכער (otemlekher)

  1. (marine biology) blowhole (hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe)

See also

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “blowhole (in ice)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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