çömgüsi

Salar

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /t͡ɕøm(ɣysi)/
  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /t͡ɕom(ɣysi)/, /t͡ɕum(ɣysi)/

Verb

çömgüsi (present çömer, past çömci)

  1. to swim
  2. to bath
  3. to wade in
    Suğa çömilmese tiruñ şalañ yoqdır.
    If you don't wade in the water, there is no depth.
    Berget işinde çömilgen berget nañdır bilmegen.
    Who wades in abundance does not know what abundance is.

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “çömgüsi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 315
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “çömgüsi”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 74
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “çömgüsi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 71
  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008), 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[2], China Salar Youth League, pages 44, 105
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 64