ghoni

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *konïn, from Proto-Turkic *koń.

Compare Mongolian хонь (xonʹ), Turkish koyun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qoˈni/

Noun

ghoni

sheep
(astrology) year of the sheep, the second year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.
he ghuala shi nie nasun wo igua shi ghoni zhuntuni wo.
The two of them are the same age and both of them were born on the year of the sheep.

Hyponyms

ghugvan (“lamb”)

See also

khuzha

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