yāmuttsi

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Tocharian B

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 鸚鵡 (ʔˠɛŋ mɨoX) + (MC tsiX). Cognate with Tocharian A yamutsi and Sogdian 𐼽𐼷𐼺𐼰𐼴𐽂𐼼𐼷 (ʿymʾwtsy /⁠ēmūtsi⁠/).[1]

Adjective

yāmuttsi m

  1. a type of waterfowl

References

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    2003, Alexander Lubotsky, Sergey Starostin, “Turkic and Chinese loan words in Tocharian”, in Bauer, Brigitte L.M., Pinault, Georges-Jean, editors, Language in Time and Space: A Festschrift for Werner Winter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, pages 257-269: