qumqusı

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kon-. Cognate to Azerbaijani qonmaq, Gagauz konmaa, Turkish konmak, Turkmen gonmak, etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /qum(ʁusɨ)/, /qun(ʁusɨ)/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /qon(ʁusɨ)/

Verb

qumqusı

  1. to land, drop, fall
    Biki üşgen tırna bir günöre qumar.
    High-flying cranes land one day.
    Fēijī qunmiş.
    The plain has landed.
  2. to stay overnight, spend a night
  3. to perch, dwell
    Quş dala qumci.
    The bird perched on the tree.

Derived terms

Conjugation

Conjugation of qumqusı
basic conjugation
basic conjugation
positive negative
experiential inferential experiential inferential
aorist qumar qumar-a qummas qummas-a
continuous qumbır qumba(r) qum yoxdır,
qummır
qum yox-a
past qumcı qummış qummacı qummamış
future qumqur qumqa(r) qummağur qummağa(r)
past perfect qumqan var qumqan var-a qumqan yoxdır qumqan yox-a
necessitative qumqı qummağı
conditional qumsa qummasa
imperative 1st person plural qumal qummağal
2nd & 3rd person qum qumma
2nd person qumdoğo qumquma
3rd person qumqoğı qummağı
infinitive qumqusı qummağusı
manner noun qumuş qummaş
impersonal participle imperfective qumqan qummağan
perfective qummış qummamış
prospective qumqusı qummağusı
agent noun qumqucı qummağucı
converbs
purposive converb qumma
posterior converb qumqu, qumcanı
anterior converb qumqunçük
iterative converb quma-quma
immediate posterior converb qumquşlı
causal converb qumcanı
prospective converb qumqudana
sequential converb qumı
question conjugation
question conjugation
positive negative
experimental1 inferential2 experimental inferential
aorist qumar-(m)i qumar-(m)o qummas-(m)i qummas-(m)o
continuous qumbır-(m)i qumba(r)-(m)o qum yoxdır-(m)i qum yox-aro
past qum-du,
qumcı-mu
qummış-(m)o qumma-du,
qummacı-mu
qummamış-(m)o
future qumqur-(m)i qumqa(r)-(m)o qummağur-(m)i qummağa(r)-(m)o
past perfect qumqan var-(m)i qumqan var-(m)o qumqan yoxdır-(m)i qumqan yox-aro
necessitative qumqı-mu qummağı-mu
conditional qumsa-mu qummasa-mu
imperative 1st person plural qumal-mu qummağal-mu
2nd & 3rd person qum-mu qumma-mu
2nd person qumdoğo-mu qumquma-mu
3rd person qumqoğı-mu qummağı-mu
infinitive qumqusı-mu qummağusı-mu
manner noun qumuş-mu qummaş-mu
impersonal participle imperfective qumqan-mu qummağan-mu
perfective qummış-mu qummamış-mu
prospective qumqusı-mu qummağusı-mu
agent noun qumqucı-mu qummağucı-mu
potential conjugation
potential conjugation
positive negative
experiential inferential experiential inferential
aorist qumalar qumalar-a qumalmas qumalmas-a
continuous qumalbır qumalba(r) qumal yoxdır,
qumalmır
qumal yox-a
past qumalcı qumalmış qumalmacı qumalmamış
future qumalğur qumalğa(r) qumalmağur qumalmağa(r)
past perfect qumalğan var qumalğan var-a qumalğan yoxdır qumalğan yox-a
inceptive–punctual aspectual construction
inceptive–punctual aspectual construction
positive negative
experiential inferential experiential inferential
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continuous {{{73}}} {{{74}}} {{{103}}},
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past {{{75}}} {{{76}}} {{{105}}} {{{106}}}
future {{{77}}} {{{78}}} {{{107}}} {{{108}}}
past perfect {{{79}}} {{{80}}} {{{109}}} {{{110}}}

1 The speaker knows the answer to the question, or believes that herself/himself does.
2 The speaker genuinely does not know the answer to the question.

References

  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “qumqusı”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 104
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “qumqusı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 108
  • 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs]‎[2], China Salar Youth League, page 57
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “qumqusı”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 236