qusaq

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish kursak.

Pronunciation

• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /qʰusɑχ/
• (Xunhua, Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /χusɑχ/
• (Hualong, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /χusɑɣi/

Noun

qusaq (3rd person possessive qusağı, plural qusaqlar)

1. stomach

   Hyponym: garın

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “кусах”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 426
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “qusaq”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 552, 559
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “qusaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, pages 116, 154
• She, Xiu Cun (2015) “qusaq”, in 撒拉语语音研究 [Kunlun academic Series: Salar Phonetic Research]‎^[2], China: 上海大学出版社, →ISBN, page 305
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “qusaq”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 268