minigi

minigi

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen meniňki (“mine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miniɣi/, /mɪnɪɣɪ/

Salar dialects:[1]

• Qinghai:
  • Xunhua Salar Autonomous County:

    Jiezi dialect: IPA^(key): [miniɣi], [mɪnɪɣɪ]

    Mengda township: IPA^(key): [meniɣi]

  • Hualong County:

    Kasuo area, Ashnu township: IPA^(key): [miŋki], [miniɣi], [mɪnɪɣɪ]

• Xinjiang:
  • Yining County:

    Samuyuzi Township: IPA^(key): [miniɣi], [mɪnɪɣɪ]

Pronoun

minigi

1. my

   miniği oğlım ― my son

2. mine

   Bu miniği. ― This is mine.

References

1. 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “minigi”, 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 298

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “minigi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 411
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014), “minigi”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 17