kumis

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Noun1.kumis - an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia
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alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
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Over the year they produce an average of 5000 l of milk from which they make 200 l of suugey (creme fraiche), 100 l of sorat (yogurt), 200 kg of yejegei (curds), and 200 l of kymys (fermented milk).
(3) Sakha have 35 different foods they make from milk of which eight are most popular in contemporary times, including creme fraiche, butter, cream butter, whipped cream, kefir, kymys (fermented mare or cow milk), curds, and ice cream.
Viliui Sakha post-Soviet adaptation: a subarctic test of Netting's smallholder--householder theory

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