yummak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یوممق (yummak, “to shut, close (the eye, the fist)”), from Proto-Turkic *yum- (“to close (eyes, mouth)”).

Compare Proto-Mongolic *ǯimüji- (“to close eyes; mouth”), (Buryat жэмыхэ (žemyxe, “to compress, squeeze, purse one's mouth”)) and Proto-Tungusic *ńim- (“to close eyes”) (Evenki нимӈи (ņimŋi, “to close, to shut eyes”)). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Verb

yummak (third-person singular simple present yumar)

  1. (transitive) to close; shut (one's eyes or mouth) tightly; to clench, double (one's fist)
    Açtı ağzını yumdu gözünü. ― He flew into a rage. (Lit. He opened his mouth, closed his eye(s).)

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