хиам

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Mongolian

Etymology

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

Noun

хиам • (xiam) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠢᠮ᠎ᠠ (kim-a))

  1. lunch meat
  2. salami

See also

References

  1. ^ 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
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