амтан

Dolgan

Noun

амтан • (amtan)

1. taste

Even

Noun

амтан (amtan)

1. taste

Nanai

Noun

амтан (amtan)

1. taste

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᠮᡨᠠᠨ (amtan), from a Mongolic language, compare Mongolian амт (amt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.tan/

Noun

амтан • (amtan)

1. taste (of food)

   мунна сыты билбэт, айаҕа амтаны билбэт

   munna sıtı bilbet, ayağa amtanı bilbet

   his nose does not know the smell, and his mouth does not know the taste

   (proverb)

Further reading

• von Böhtlingk, Otto (1851) “амтан”, in Über die Sprache der Jakuten: Grammatik, Text und Wörterbuch. [On the Language of the Yakuts: Grammar, Text and Dictionary] (Dr. A. Th. Middendorff's Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibirens)‎^[1] (in German), volume II, St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, column 7