yasun

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *yasun. Cognate to Mongolian яс (jas), Buryat яһан (jahan), Kalmyk ясн (yasn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑˈsun/

Noun

yasun

1. bone
2. piece of meat

   yasun egvi

   to chop the meat into pieces

3. seniority among generations in a family or clan; position in the family hierarchy

   yasun fugie

   older, senior

Derived terms

• balangu yasun (“scapula”)
• dadou yasun (“scapula”)
• dalou yasun (“scapula”)
• khudogvo yasun (“chicken breast bones”)
• kuazi yasun (“hip bone”)
• leiba yasun (“rib”)
• leizigu yasun (“rib”)
• nurunni yasun (“vertebra”)
• qierun yasun (“skull”)
• xien konni yasun (“sacrum”)
• yasun egvi (“to chop the cooked lamb and beef into small pieces”)
• yasun fugie (“to have higher seniority”)
• yasun gongien (“diligent; hardworking”)
• yasun gundu (“lazy; idle”)
• yasun khidun (“unyielding; strong-willed”)
• yasun mila (“to have lower seniority”)
• yasun zholien (“feeble”)
• yasunchi (“person who like to eat big pieces of meat”)
• yasunda (“to eat meat chunks; to beat with bones”)
• yasunni ezhen (“maternal uncle's family”)
• yasuntu (“having bones; having an unyielding character”)
• zener yasun (“clavicle”)

 

References

• Ma Guozhong (马国忠), Chen Yuanlong (陈元龙) (2012) “yasun”, in 东乡语汉语词典 [Dongxiang-Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Lanzhou: 甘肃民族出版社, →ISBN, page 479