јем
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *jǟ-m (deverbal noun from *jǟ-). Cognate with Tuvan чем (çem, “food; fodder”); Kyrgyz жем (jem, “fodder”), Kazakh жем (jem, “fodder; bait”), Bashkir ем (yem, “fodder; bait”), Azerbaijani yem, Turkish yem (“fodder; bait”), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cem/, [ce̞m]
Noun
јем • (ǰem)
- prey
- fodder
- bait
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- јиир (ǰiir, “to eat”)