samusa

Dongxiang

FWOTD – 11 September 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sarïmsag from Proto-Turkic *sarïmsak, perhaps a derivation of *sarma- (“to wrap”),[1] for further possible cognates, see Chinese 蒜 (suàn).

Compare Mongolian сармис (sarmis), Turkish sarımsak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑmuˈsɑ/

Noun

samusa

  1. garlic

Derived terms

  • samusachi (“garlic seller; garlic lover”)
  • samusada (“to eat garlic”)
  • samusatu (“with garlic”)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 853
  • Ma Guozhong (马国忠), Chen Yuanlong (陈元龙) (2012) “samusa”, in 东乡语汉语词典 [Dongxiang-Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Lanzhou: 甘肃民族出版社, →ISBN, page 373

Japanese

Romanization

samusa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さむさ
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