хиам
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Mongolian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
хиам • (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