үөс

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps compare Bashkir үҙәк (üðäk). For the sense of "gall bladder", perhaps compare Manchu ᠰᡳᠯᡥᡳ (silhi).

үөс • (üös)

1. center, core

   дойду үөһүгэр ― doydu üöhüger ― in the middle of the country

   хатыҥ үөһэ ― xatıŋ üöhe ― birch core

   See synonyms at орто (orto).

2. (in the possessive form) central, main, mid-

   түүн үөһэ ― tüün üöhe ― midnight

3. (anatomy) aorta

   сис үөһэ ― sis üöhe ― main artery

4. (anatomy) gall bladder

• үөскээ (üöskee, “to be born”)