хомус

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Tuvan

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Tuvan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Cognate with Khakas хомыс (xomıs); Shor қомус, Tofa һобус ; Yakut хомус (qomus, mouth harp), хамыс (qamıs); Southern Altai комус (komus, mouth harp), комыс (komïs); Kazakh қобыз (qobyz, a string instrument) / قوبىز; Bashkir ҡумыҙ (qumıź); Tatar кубыз (qubız); etc. Compare also Mongolian ховс (xovs), ховис (xovis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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хомус (xomus) (definite accusative хомусту, plural хомустар)

  1. short for демир-хомус (demir-xomus, Tuvan national mouth harp)

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Yakut

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Yakut Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Cognate with Tuvan хомус (xomus, mouth harp); Khakas хомыс (xomıs); Southern Altai комус (komus, mouth harp), комыс (komïs); Kazakh қобыз (qobyz, a string instrument) / قوبىز; Bashkir ҡумыҙ (qumıź); Tatar кубыз (qubız); etc. Compare also Mongolian ховс (xovs), ховис (xovis).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qo.mus/, [qo̞̟.mʊs], [χo̞̟.mʊs]

Noun

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хомус (qomus)

  1. (music) khomus, the Yakut national mouth harp

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