yigüsi

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yē-. Cognate with Turkmen iýmek.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Hualong, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /ji/
  • (Mengda, Qinghai, Gansu) IPA(key): /je/

Verb

yigüsi (present yiyer, past yici)

  1. to eat
    Datıq yoqmasa yigüsi gelmes.[1]
    If it has no taste, s/he does not want to eat.
  2. to suffer from
    Bar-kiş her güni et yiyer, yoq-kiş er-geşli gem yiyer.[2]
    Rich people eat meat every day; poor people will suffer from sorrow sooner or later.
    Men oxuş bilmeğen acısını yici.[3]
    I suffered from being illiterate (uneducated).

References

  1. ^ Ayso, p. 70
  2. ^ 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[1], China Salar Youth League, page 40
  3. ^ Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “yigüsi”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 10
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ji-”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 29
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “yigüsi”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 283