牙布必

Kyakala

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Mongolic *yabu- (“to go”) or otherwise a cognate. Cognate with Manchu ᠶᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (yabumbi). Compare also Mongolian явах (javax).

Verb

牙布必 (yabubi)

1. to live, perform

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