tükürmek
Meaning
to spit (to evacuate saliva from the mouth)
Concepts
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ty.cyɾ.ˈmec/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish توكورمك (tükürmek, “to spit”), itself from Proto-Turkic *tüpkür- (“to spit”). Perhaps related further with Proto-Tungusic *tupi- (“to spit”), compare Nanai топимбори (topimbori).
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