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Ayraq
"Kumis," a yoghurt product
Etymology
Pronunciation
*ɑj(ɨ)rɑːq
Transcriptions
Lao (酪) LH *lɑk
Part of Speech
Noun
Sources
Notes
Dybo (2014) has Lao (酪), which she reconstructs as *rāk "koumiss," derived from a Khotanese *ragai ‘fermented liquor’; This is simply wrong. The radical form of Ge (各) is attached to other characters for its phonetic value. Such characters almost always form the syllable -rɑːq.
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