хомус

Tuvan

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /x̠o.mus/

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• хомустаар (xomustaar, “to play the khomus”)
• хомусчу (xomusçu, “khomusist”, agentive)
• хомусчулаар (xomusçulaar, “to be a khomusist”)

Yakut

Etymology

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

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

Noun

хомус • (qomus)

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

Alternative forms

• хамыс (qamıs, dialectal)

Derived terms

• хомустаа (qomustaa, “to play the khomus”)
• хомусчут (qomuscut, “khomusist”, agentive)
• хомусчуттаа (qomuscuttaa, “to be a khomusist”)