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Komi|ˈkəʊmɪ|
[Native name (see quots. 1800 and 1888).]
a. A people of northern central U.S.S.R.; a member of this people.
b. The language of the Komi. Also attrib.
[1800W. Tooke Hist. Russia I. i. 13 Komanes. They were neighbours of the Madshares or Ugres, and migrated in conjunction with them at the close of the eighth century to Pannonia. They dwelt upon the river Kuma, from which they also had their name. On the other side of the Terek is still a people named Kumuiks; perhaps remains of the old Kumanians. Ibid. 42 One part of these were called Kumani or Komani, from the river Kuma.] 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 283/1 The Zyrians..constitute the bulk of the population on the Ural slopes. They formerly inhabited the Kama and Vyatha basins, and call themselves Komi-yurt, or Komi-yas. 1911Ibid. XXVI. 317/2 They [sc. the Syrenians] call themselves Komi. 1933H. Kohn Nationalism in Soviet Union 62 These Finnish peoples, the Komi, the Mari, and the Mordvins, were steadily pushed back by the Russians into less fruitful areas with severe climates. 1942K. W. Deutsch in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 600 Syryen (Komi). 1959Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 121/1 (table) Komi. 1964Language XL. 906 Komi is today represented by two literary languages, Komi(-Zyryan) and Komi-Permyak. Ibid. 98 The semantic functions of the Komi and Udmurt forms. |