samusa
Dongxiang
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *sarïmsag from Proto-Turkic *sarɨmsak, perhaps a derivation of *sarma- (“to wrap”) [1], for further possible cognates, see Chinese 蒜 (suàn).
Compare Mongolian сармис (sarmis), Turkish sarımsak.
Pronunciation
Noun
samusa
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 853
Japanese
Romanization
samusa