хомус
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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; Tatar кубыз (qubız); etc. Compare also Mongolian ховс (xovs), ховис (xovis).
Pronunciation
Noun
хомус • (xomus) (definite accusative хомусту, plural хомустар)
- 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; Tatar кубыз (qubız); etc. Compare also Mongolian ховс (xovs), ховис (xovis).
Pronunciation
Noun
хомус • (qomus)
- (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”)