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yak's milk

yak's milk

1 8.0
A white liquid from a yak that people drink and use to make cheese
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : leche de yak
  • She tried yak's milk for the first time during her trip to Nepal.

Examples

  • The cheese made from yak's milk has a unique taste unlike any other dairy product.

  • I enjoy drinking yak's milk in the morning.

  • Locals in Tibet often drink yak's milk for its rich nutrients and creamy flavor.

  • Have you ever tried yak's milk?

  • In some villages in Tibet, people drink yak's milk as a nutritious beverage.

  • The locals make delicious cheese from yak's milk that has a unique flavor.

  • After the hike, we enjoyed warm yak's milk with our traditional meal.

Synonyms

milk
vsyak's milk
∞ 1.0

A white liquid from female animals or plants used for food

is the same liquid but from a highland bovine used regionally for cheese, butter

Surface Forms

yak's milk singular
yak's milks plural

Morphology

yak's + milk

The meaning 'the milk obtained from a yak' is directly and transparently derived from the possessive noun 'yak's' (yak) combined with 'milk' (nutritive white liquid), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning. This is a straightforward compositional animal+milk noun phrase pattern common across languages and unaffected by regional usage, making it immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Yak's milk comes from the simple image of milking a shaggy yak high in the mountains to get milk. People there 'drink' this milk or make 'cheese' and 'butter', so the phrase means the milk that comes from a yak and the foods made from it.