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Dongxiang
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *yasun. Cognate to Mongolian яс (jas), Buryat яһан (jahan), Kalmyk ясн (yasn).
Pronunciation
Noun
yasun
- bone
- piece of meat
yasun egvi- to chop the meat into pieces
- seniority among generations in a family or clan; position in the family hierarchy
Derived terms
References
- Ma Guozhong (马国忠), Chen Yuanlong (陈元龙) (2012) “yasun”, 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 479