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kumis

kumis is the alternative spelling of koumiss.

Meaning of koumiss

Noun

koumiss (usually uncountable, plural koumisses)

  1. (usually) A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes.
    • [Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss.1898, Herbert Allen Giles, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary, page 12

Forms of kumis

pluralkumises

Questions about kumis

What is kumis the alternative spelling of?
Kumis is the alternative spelling of koumiss.

Words near kumis in the dictionary

  1. Kumiko
  2. kumikumi
  3. kumikumis
  4. Kumina
  5. kuminost
  6. kumis
  7. kumises
  8. Kumishi
  9. kumiss
  10. kumisz
  11. kumite

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