minigi

Salar

Etymology

In 19th century Salar it is recorded separately as mini(ñ) "my" and minigi "mine", but in both Modern Xunhua Salar and Ili Salar minigi is used to mean both meanings. Also, the genitive suffix is -nigi. Cognate with both Turkmen meniň (“my”) and Turkmen meniňki (“mine”).

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Wajiang zhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [miniɣi]
• (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [mini]
• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [miniɣe], [miniː]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Ejia, Daowei, Chahandusi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [mi]
• (Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [men]
• (Ejia, Daowei, Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [me]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Ejia, Daowei, Chahandusi, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [meː]
• (Baizhuang, Hanbahe, Chahandusi, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [meni]
• (Kasuo, Hualong, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [miŋki], [miniɣi]
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [meniɣi]
• (Shixiang, Xunhua, Qinghai, 1883-1886) IPA^(key): [miniŋ], [mini], [miniɣi], [meniŋ], [meni]

Pronoun

minigi

1. my

   minigi oğlım ― my son

2. mine

   Bu minigi. ― This is mine.

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “Бу ат минигн дур, мениң сурах, миниң адимь, мени аба, мини тифанда”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), pages 432-433
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “minigi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 411
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014) “minigi”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[1], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 17

• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “minigi”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 298