Kumux

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English

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Proper noun

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Kumux

  1. A particular dialect of the Lak language.
  2. Alternative form of Kümüx
    • 1987, Geotectonic Evolution of China[1], →ISBN, page 68:
      We tentatively treat the strata west of Kumux as being of Early Paleozoic age, but cannot rule out the possibility that there are Precambrian strata outcropping as an island chain.
    • 1991, Zhang Xianliang, “Bitter Springs-A Truck Driver's Story”, in The Time is not yet Ripe[2], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366:
      I’d just passed Kumux and was heading into Yushugou; the sun was already down behind the mountains.
    • 1993, Judy Bonavia, The Silk Road: From Xi'an to Kashgar[3], Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 245:
      At Kumux (Komishi[sic – meaning Kumishi]), the far end of Dry Ditch, drivers of south-bound trucks carrying oil from the Karamai oilfields, agricultural machinery, fertilizer, drums of bitumen and rubber tyres take a breather following their ordeal, while drivers of north-bound vehicles loaded with rope, reed matting and timber fill their radiators with water in anticipation of the difficult stretch that lies ahead.
    • 1998, Antonio Cammarata, “Pushing On”, in Unraveling on the Old Silk Road: Hitchhiking China and Beyond[4], New York: Jay Street Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 273:
      On a roll I jumped aboard the first passing conveyance. Unfortunately, it was a bus, and after enduring about an hour of this nonsense, I debused at Kumux.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kumux.