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- Mongolian · borrowed fromхөөмий
- tyv · borrowed fromхөөмей
- English todaykhoomei
Borrowed from Tuvan хөөмей (xöömey) and Mongolian хөөмий (xöömii), ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠮᠡᠢ (kögemei).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A style of throat singing, often accompanied by the horsehead fiddle, from Mongolia and eastern Siberia. Full definition →
Borrowed from Tuvan хөөмей (xöömey) and Mongolian хөөмий (xöömii), ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠮᠡᠢ (kögemei).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.