хиам
Mongolian
editEtymology
editUnknown, found only in Khalkha and Khamnigan Mongol kiima, which may be a loan.
Edal proposes a connection with Proto-Tungusic *xemugde (“belly, intestines”), see Evenki эмугдэ (əmugdə, “innards, heart”). [1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editхиам • (xiam) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠢᠮᠠ (kim-a))
See also
edit- зайдас (zajdas)
References
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*k`èmì”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill