siñni

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *siŋil. Cognate to Southern Altai сыйын (sïyïn), сийин (siyin), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Mengda, Qingshui, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [siŋni]
• (Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [siŋne]
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [sɨŋne]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [siŋil], [siŋli]

Noun

siñni

1. younger sister

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “siñni”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
• Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich (1893) “сыгны”, in Этнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page 32
• Rockhill, William Woodville (1894) Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, page 374
• Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477. [2]
• Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96. [3]
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “siñni”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 482, 491
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “siŋni”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[4], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 127
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “siŋil”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[5], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 159
• Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “siñni”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎^[6], 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 149
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “singni”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 254
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2014) “singni”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[7], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Science Literature Press), →ISBN, page 109

• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “singni”, 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 272