ᡴᡠᠮᡠᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tungusic *kumun (“music”). Somehow akin to Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ, *komuŕ (“a musical instrunment, a kind of lute”), Proto-Mongolic *kuxur (“music”). There is a chance that word is a borrowing from Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

Noun

ᡴᡠᠮᡠᠨ • (kumun)

  1. music
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