yigine

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yiŋne), [script needed] (yigne), from Proto-Turkic *igne (needle). Cognate with Turkish iğne.

Pronunciation

  • (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [jiɣine]
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iɣni], [iŋne]
  • (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [jiɣenæ], [jiɣinyr]
  • (Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [jiɣinæ]
  • (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [jiɣne], [jiŋni]

Noun

yigine (3rd person possessive yiginesi, plural yigineler)

  1. needle

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yigine”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 336, 338, 357
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “yigine”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 128