dumğusı

Salar

Alternative forms

• dumu

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tum-. Cognate to dialectal Turkish dummak.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /tum/
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /tumu/
• (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /tumɨ/, /tomɨ/

Verb

dumğusı (passive, present continuous dumbar, past dumci)

1. to settle, precipitate (water)
2. to cloud up

   Asman dumsa yağmur yağar.

   If sky coulds up, it rains.

Derived terms

• duman (“fog”)
• dumqın (“precipitated (weather)”)

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “tum, tumu, tumy, tomy”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 513, 522-523
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “ɑsmɑn dumsɑ jɑʁmur jɑʁɑr”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 66
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “dumğusı”, 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 47
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dum”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 82
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dum-”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 93
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “asman dumqïn gün”, 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), page 260