јем

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Early yem, from Proto-Turkic *yē-. Cognate with Kumyk ем (yem), Kyrgyz жем (jem, “fodder”), Kazakh жем (jem, “fodder; bait”), Bashkir ем (yem, “fodder; bait”), Azerbaijani yem, Turkish yem (“fodder; bait”); Tuvan чем (çem, “food; fodder”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲe̞m]
• Hyphenation: јем

Noun

јем • (ǰem)

1. prey
2. fodder
3. bait

Related terms

• јиир (ǰiir, “to eat”)

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јем”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
• https://www.omniglot.com/writing/altay.htm
• http://sprachen.sprachsignale.de/altaisch/altalphabet.html