yimiş

Salar

Etymology 1

Cognate to Turkish yemiş.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Hualong, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /jimiɕ/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /jimyɕ/
  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /jymiɕ/

Noun

yimiş (3rd person possessive yimişi, plural yimişler)

  1. fruit

References

  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “yimiş”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 123
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “yimiş”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 128
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “yimiş”, 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 344
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “yimiş”, 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 266

Etymology 2

Verb

yimiş

  1. Unclear past tense form of yigüsi; (It seems, it) has eaten