Salar edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *tum-. Cognate to dialectal Turkish dummak.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /tum/
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /tumu/
  • (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /tumɨ/, /tomɨ/

Verb edit

dumğusı (passive, present continuous dumbar, past dumci)

  1. to settle, precipitate (water)
  2. to cloud up
    Asman dumsa yağmur yağar.
    If sky coulds up, it rains.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “tum, tumu, tumy, tomy”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 513, 522-523
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “ɑsmɑn dumsɑ jɑʁmur jɑʁɑr”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 66
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “dumğusı”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 47
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dum”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 82
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dum-”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 93
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “asman dumqïn gün”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 260