јиир

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yē-. Cognate with Kyrgyz жөө (jöö), Kazakh жеу (jeu), Azerbaijani yemək, Turkish yemek, Turkmen iýmek, Salar yi, Uzbek yemoq, Uyghur يېمەك (yëmek), Shor чиирге (čiirge), Khakas чирге (çirge), Tuvan чиир (çiir), Tofa чиир (čiir), Yakut сиэ (sie), Chuvash ҫи (śi), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲiːr/

Verb

јиир • (ǰiir)

  1. to eat
    јип саларǰip salarto eat, perfectively

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • ажанар (ažanar, denominal)
  • јем (ǰem, food; bait)

See also

  • ичер (ičer, to drink)
  • јиир-ичер (ǰiir-ičer, food)

References