yim

See also: Yim

Translingual

Symbol

yim

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yimchungru Naga.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yimchungru Naga terms

Afar

Etymology

From yí (“my”) +‎ -m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjim/ [ˈjɪm]
• Hyphenation: yim

Pronoun

yím (predicative yíimi or yiimí)

1. mine

See also

Afar possessive pronouns

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	f
singular	yím	kúm	kayím	tetím
plural	ním	siním	kením

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “yim”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 67
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *a-jam (“house, village”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qim (“house”).

Noun

yim

1. (Chungli) village

Derived terms

• tzüyim
• yimra
• yimti

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[2], Berkeley: University of California, pages 89, 217
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 20

Chaap Wuurong

Alternative forms

• yen

Noun

yim

1. moon

References

• 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:

  The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
  [English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung
  […]
  moon mitjian yim

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Daba

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yim

1. water

References

• Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →ISBN, page 38
• Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Madngele

Noun

yim

1. fire

References

• Margit Bowler and Vanya Kapitonov, Towards a typology of quantification in Australian languages (2018), p. 13
• Zandvoort, F. (1999). A Grammar of Matngele (page 102). BA Thesis, University of New England.

Musgu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yim

1. water

References

• Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

White Hmong

White Hmong cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : yim

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *jat (“eight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝi˩̰/

Numeral

yim

1. eight

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.