yumuk

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یومق (yumuḳ, (of eyes, fist etc.) shut, closed),[1] from Ottoman Turkish یوممق (yummaḳ, to shut, to close), from Proto-Turkic *yum- (to close (eyes, mouth)),[2][3] morphologically yum- +‎ -uk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juˈmuk/
  • Hyphenation: yu‧muk

Adjective

yumuk

  1. Having been shut, closed.
    Synonyms: yumulu, kapalı
  2. (figuratively) Chubby, plump.

Declension

Predicative forms of yumuk
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) yumuğum yumuk muyum?
sen (you are) yumuksun yumuk musun?
o (he/she/it is) yumuk / yumuktur yumuk mu?
biz (we are) yumuğuz yumuk muyuz?
siz (you are) yumuksunuz yumuk musunuz?
onlar (they are) yumuk(lar) yumuk(lar) mı?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) yumuktum yumuk muydum?
sen (you were) yumuktun yumuk muydun?
o (he/she/it was) yumuktu yumuk muydu?
biz (we were) yumuktuk yumuk muyduk?
siz (you were) yumuktunuz yumuk muydunuz?
onlar (they were) yumuktular yumuk muydular?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) yumukmuşum yumuk muymuşum?
sen (you were) yumukmuşsun yumuk muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was) yumukmuş yumuk muymuş?
biz (we were) yumukmuşuz yumuk muymuşuz?
siz (you were) yumukmuşsunuz yumuk muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were) yumukmuşlar yumuk muymuşlar?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) yumuksam yumuk muysam?
sen (if you) yumuksan yumuk muysan?
o (if he/she/it) yumuksa yumuk muysa?
biz (if we) yumuksak yumuk muysak?
siz (if you) yumuksanız yumuk muysanız?
onlar (if they) yumuksalar yumuk muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

  • yamuk yumuk
  • yumuk gözlü

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یومق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2220
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “**jüm- / *jum-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yum-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • yumuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu