nuug

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Cognate with Rendille nuuga (“to suck”). Compare Afar angu (“breast”), Jiiddu eenge (“breast”) Egyptian snq (“to suck”), Hebrew ינק (yanaq, “to suck”) and Hausa nono (“breast”).

Verb

nuug

  1. to suck
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