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)
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