gonaq

Salar

Etymology

From Salar gumğusı, ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *kon-. Cognate with Kazakh қонақ (qonaq).

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /qonɑχ/
  • (Xunhua, Hualong, Qinghai) IPA(key): /qonəχ/

Noun

gonaq

  1. guest
    Gonaq gili yoqlanmes.
    Having guest does not make you poor.

References

  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “gonaq”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
  • 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 19, 61
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “gonaq”, 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 231
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei); 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “gonaq”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 86, 270
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “gonaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 108