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ku⋅miss

  [koo-mis]
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–noun
1. fermented mare's or camel's milk, used as a beverage by Asian nomads.
2. a similar drink prepared from other milk, esp. that of the cow, and used for dietetic and medicinal purposes.
Also, koumis, koumiss, koumyss.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Russ kumys < Turkic kιmιz
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ku·miss also kou·miss   (kōō-mĭs', kōō'mĭs)   
n.  The fermented milk of a mare or camel, used as a beverage by certain peoples of western and central Asia.

[Russian kumys, from Old Russian komyzŭ, from Old Turkic qïmïz, from qammaq, to shake.]
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