忽斯

Kyakala

Etymology

Possibly from a Mongolic language via Manchu, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kücin. Cognate with Manchu ᡥᡡᠰᡠᠨ (hūsun, “strength”). Compare also Mongolian хүч (xüč).

Noun

忽斯 (husi)

1. strength

References

• Andreas Hölzl (2019) “A wedding ceremony of the Kyakala in China: Language and ritual”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎^[1], volume 16, page 114