yex

English

Alternative forms

• yesk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛks

Etymology 1

From Middle English yexen, yixen, yesken, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”). Cognate with Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), Middle High German geschen, gischen (“to yawn, gape”).

Verb

yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To hiccup.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To belch or burp.

Derived terms

• yexing

Translations

Hiccup

• French: hoqueter (fr)
• Hebrew: שיהוק (he) m (shihuk)

Belch or burp

• French: roter (fr)

Etymology 2

From Middle English ȝeoxe, ȝoxe, from Old English ġeoxa, ġeocsa, ġihsa (“hiccup; sobbing”).

Noun

yex (plural yexes)

1. (archaic or dialectal) A hiccup.

   Synonym: yexing

Anagrams

• exy, xey

Lower Tanana

Etymology

Related to -yega' (“downward”) and yega' (“down, below”). Cognate with Ahtna yax, Koyukon yah (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəx/, /jəχ/

Noun

yex

1. house, building

   Synonym: kwnwx

Derived terms

• dechenh yi yex (“log cabin”)
• tron' yex (“outhouse”)
• yex dezruzra' (“purlins”)
• yex xwdokw (“ceiling”)
• ɬiga yex (“doghouse”)

Related terms

• -enyege (“windpipe”)
• kayex (“village”)
• yega' (“down, below”)
• -yeget (“at a place down below”)
• -yegw (“in a general area down below”)
• -yega' (“downward”)
• -yexdot (“throat”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 468