yamutsi
Tocharian A
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 鸚鵡 (ʔˠɛŋ mɨoX) + 子 (MC tsiX). Cognate with Tocharian B yāmuttsi and Sogdian 𐼷𐼽𐼺𐼰𐼴𐽂𐼼𐼷 (yʿmʾwtsy /ēmūtsi/).[1]
Adjective
[edit]yamutsi m
- a type of waterfowl
References
[edit]- ^ 2003, Alexander Lubotsky, Sergey Starostin, “Turkic and Chinese loan words in Tocharian”, in Bauer, Brigitte L.M., Pinault, Georges-Jean, editors, Language in Time and Space: A Festschrift for Werner Winter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, pages 257-269: