ҫи

See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"

Chuvash

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yē- (“to eat”).

Verb

ҫи • (śi)

1. (transitive) to eat

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yeg (“better, top”). Cognate with Turkish yeğ (“better”).

Noun

ҫи • (śi) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural ҫисем) 

1. top

   Synonym: тӳпе (tüp̬e)

2. surface

   Synonym: пит (pit)

3. roof

   Synonyms: тӳпе (tüp̬e), тӑрӑ (tără)

References

• Fedotov, M. R. (1996), “ҫи”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 114-116
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “ҫи”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 213

Further reading

• “ҫи”, in Электронлӑ сӑмахсар [Elektronlă s̬ămahsar]‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.