хөөмий

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠮᠡᠢ
(kögemei)
Cyrillic
хөөмий
(xöömii)
Comparison
Mongolian хөөмий (xöömii)
Buryat хөөмэй (xöömej)
Kalmyk көөмә (köömä)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kögemei (throat).

Compare also Tuvan хөөмей (xöömey), Yakut күөмэй (küömey), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɵː.miː/

Noun

хөөмий • (xöömii)

  1. (music) A style of throat singing, often accompanied by the horsehead fiddle, from Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
  2. fauces

Declension

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