yakishear

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • akishear

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish yakışmak.

Verb

yakishear (Hebrew spelling ייאקישיאר)[1]

  1. (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with; to suit (look like)
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, זיקנתך כבחרותך[1], page 142:
      [] mos fuimos en luna de miel a París, i yo empesí a engodrarme ... i engodrarme. El prenyado a mí me yakishea muncho.
      we left to have our honeymoon in Paris, and I started to fatten myself ... and fatten myself. I look so much like I am pregnant.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ yakishear”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim