јиир

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yē-. Cognate with Kyrgyz жөө (jöö), Kazakh жеу (jeu), Azerbaijani yemək, Turkish yemek, Turkmen iýmek, Salar yi, Uzbek yemoq, Uyghur يېمەك‎ (yëmek), Shor чиирге (čiirge), Khakas чирге (çirge), Tuvan чиир (çiir), Tofa чиир (čiir), Yakut сиэ (sie), Chuvash ҫи (śi), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲiːr/

Verb

јиир • (ǰiir)

  1. to eat
    јип салар ― ǰip salar ― to eat, perfectively

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • ажанар (ažanar, denominal)
  • јем (ǰem, “food; bait”)

See also

  • ичер (ičer, “to drink”)
  • јиир-ичер (ǰiir-ičer, “food”)

References

http://sprachen.sprachsignale.de/altaisch/altswadesh6.html

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