samusa
Dongxiang
FWOTD – 11 September 2017
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
- IPA(key): /samuˈsa/, [sɑmuˈsɑ]
Noun
samusa
- garlic
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 853
Japanese
Romanization
samusa
- Rōmaji transcription of さむさ