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Dolgan
Noun
амтан • (amtan)
- taste
Even
Noun
амтан (amtan)
- taste
Nanai
Noun
амтан (amtan)
- taste
Yakut
Etymology
Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᠮᡨᠠᠨ (amtan), from a Mongolic language, compare Mongolian амт (amt).
Pronunciation
Noun
амтан • (amtan)
- taste (of food)
мунна сыты билбэт, айаҕа амтаны билбэт- munna sıtı bilbet, ayağa amtanı bilbet
- his nose does not know the smell, and his mouth does not know the taste
Further reading
- von Böhtlingk, Otto (1851) “амтан”, in Über die Sprache der Jakuten: Grammatik, Text und Wörterbuch. [On the Language of the Yakuts: Grammar, Text and Dictionary] (Dr. A. Th. Middendorff's Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibirens) (in German), volume II, St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, column 7