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Etymology 1
Akin to Chechen нус (nus), Mingrelian ნოსა (nosa), Adyghe нысэ (nəsɛ).
Noun
нус • (nus)
- daughter-in-law
- нусай (nusaj) — Antsukh, Zaqatala, Kusur
- нуш (nuš) — Batlukh
Etymology 2
Noun
нус • (nus)
- knife
Chechen
Noun
нус • (nus) ?
- daughter-in-law
Ingush
Noun
нус • (nus) ?
- daughter-in-law
- найц (najc, “son-in-law”)
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *nïsun, equivalent to *nï- + -с (-s). Related to other secretion related words such as нийх (niix, “to blow nose”), нян (njan, “germ”) and нулимах (nulimax, “to spit”).
Pronunciation
(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /nʊs/,
Noun
нус • (nus) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠢᠰᠤ (nisu)); (hidden-n declension)
- snot