samusa

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Dongxiang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mongolic *sarïmsag from Proto-Turkic *sarïmsak, perhaps a derivation of *sarma- (to wrap),[1] for further possible cognates, see Chinese (suàn).

Compare Mongolian сармис (sarmis), Turkish sarımsak.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

samusa

  1. garlic

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 853

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

samusa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さむさ