牙布必

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Kyakala

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Etymology

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

Verb

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牙布必 (yabubi)

  1. to live, perform

References

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  • 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