хөөмий
Mongolian edit
| Mongolian |
|---|
| ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠮᠡᠢ (kögemei) |
| Cyrillic |
| хөөмий (xöömii) |
| Comparison | |
|---|---|
| Mongolian | хөөмий (xöömii) |
| Buryat | хөөмэй (xöömej) |
| Kalmyk | көөмә (köömä) |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mongolic *kögemei (“throat”).
Compare also Tuvan хөөмей (xöömey), Yakut күөмэй (küömey), etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
хөөмий • (xöömii)
- (music) A style of throat singing, often accompanied by the horsehead fiddle, from Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
- fauces
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.