Kumux

See also: Kümüx

English

Proper noun

Kumux

1. A particular dialect of the Lak language.
2. Alternative form of Kümüx
   • 1987, Geotectonic Evolution of China‎^[1], →ISBN, page 68:

     We tentatively treat the strata west of Kumux as being of Early Paleozoic age, but cannot rule out the possibility that there are Precambrian strata outcropping as an island chain.

   • 1991, Zhang Xianliang, “Bitter Springs-A Truck Driver's Story”, in The Time is not yet Ripe‎^[2], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366:

     I’d just passed Kumux and was heading into Yushugou; the sun was already down behind the mountains.

   • 1993, Judy Bonavia, The Silk Road: From Xi'an to Kashgar‎^[3], Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 245:

     At Kumux (Komishi^{[sic – meaning Kumishi]}), the far end of Dry Ditch, drivers of south-bound trucks carrying oil from the Karamai oilfields, agricultural machinery, fertilizer, drums of bitumen and rubber tyres take a breather following their ordeal, while drivers of north-bound vehicles loaded with rope, reed matting and timber fill their radiators with water in anticipation of the difficult stretch that lies ahead.

   • 1998, Antonio Cammarata, “Pushing On”, in Unraveling on the Old Silk Road: Hitchhiking China and Beyond‎^[4], New York: Jay Street Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 273:

     On a roll I jumped aboard the first passing conveyance. Unfortunately, it was a bus, and after enduring about an hour of this nonsense, I debused at Kumux.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kumux.