yiyin
Salar
Etymology
From earlier *yayïn, from Proto-Turkic *yāy-ïn (“during summer”), from *yāy (“summer, spring”) and *-in (instrumental case).
Cognate withOld Turkic [script needed] (yayïn, “in the summer”),Dolgan һайын (“in the summer”),Bashkir йәйен (yäyen, “in the summer”),Kyrgyz жайын (jayın, “during summer”), Tuvan чайын (çayın), Yakut сайын (sayın).
Also refer to yi.
The verbal sense may be due to the common notion of the "seasons of one's life".
Adverb
yiyin
- in summer
References
Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “yiyin”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈji.jin/, (in fast speech) /ˈjiːn/
- Hyphenation: yi‧yin
Verb
yiyin
- Alternative spelling of yeyin