моть

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Nivkh

Etymology

From earlier *məc(ɣ). Possibly related to Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *macve (chest).

Pronunciation

Noun

моть (moț)

  1. (anatomy) breast

References

  • V. N. Savel'eva, Č. M. Taksami (1970) Нивхско-русский словарь [Nivkh-Russian Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Сов. Енциклопедия, page 193.
  • Fortescue, Michael (2011) “The relationship of Nivkh to Chukotko-Kamchatkan revisited”, in Lingua, volume 121, number 8, Njalsgade: University of Copenhagen, →DOI, pages 1359-1376.