yim

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Translingual

Symbol

yim

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yimchungru Naga.

See also

Afar

Etymology

From yí (“my”) +‎ -m.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjim/,
  • Hyphenation: yim

Pronoun

yím (predicative yíimi or yiimí)

  1. mine

See also

Afar possessive pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f
singular yím kúm kayím tetím
plural ním siním kením

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “yim”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 67
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Chaap Wuurong

Alternative forms

Noun

yim

  1. moon

References

  • 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:
    The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
    Wimmera Tjapwurrung

    moon mitjian yim
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Daba

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yim

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
  • Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Madngele

Noun

yim

  1. fire

References

Musgu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yim

  1. water

References

  • Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

White Hmong

White Hmong cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : yim

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *jat (“eight”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

yim

  1. eight

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
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