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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yē- (“to eat”), compare Azerbaijani yemək, Kazakh жеу (jeu), Tuvan чиир (çiir).
Verb
сиэ • (sie)
- (transitive or intransitive) to eat
- сүөһү оту сиир ― süöhü otu siir ― cattle feed on grass
- Synonym: аһаа (ahaa, “to eat”)
- (colloquial) to exterminate, to destroy
- чыычаах буортулаах үөннэри сиир ― cııcaaq buortulaaq üönneri siir ― a bird destroys (or eats up) harmful worms
- See synonyms at кыай (kıay).
- (figurative, colloquial) to eat up (consume greatly and/or excessively)
- to burn (about certain things — fire, sunlight, acid, etc.)
- (of certain insects) to bite, to sting
- (board games) to take, (card games) to beat
- атынан пешканы сиэ ― atınan peshkanı sie ― to take a pawn with a knight (in chess)
- See also: саахымат
Derived terms
- сиэмэх (siemeq, “carnivorous”)
- сиэҥ (sieñ, “carrion”)