samusa

Dongxiang
FWOTD – 11 September 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sarïmsag from Proto-Turkic *sarïmsak, 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): /sɑmuˈsɑ/

Noun

samusa

  1. garlic

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

Japanese

Romanization

samusa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さむさ
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