утаа

Mongolian

Smoke coming from Mongolian yurts

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *hutuxa, perhaps analyzable as утах (utah, to smoke, to fume) + -аа(н) (-aa(n)), but East Yugur shows no final nasal.

Cognate with Daur xutaa, East Yugur htaa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊtʰa/

Noun

утаа (utaa) (Mongolian spelling ᠤᠲᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (utuɣ-a)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. smoke
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