ᠴᠣᡴᠣ

Manchu

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *tiaku (“hen”),[1] in turn from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu (“hen, fowl”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠴᠣᡴᠣ • (coko)

  1. chicken

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tiaku”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Proper noun

ᠴᠣᡴᠣ • (coko)

  1. rooster; chicken, the tenth of the twelve earthly branches

References

  • Jerry Norman (2013) A Comprehensive Manchu-English Dictionary, Harvard University Press, →ISBN
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