yis

See also: yiš, yış, -yiş, -yış, and þis

Translingual

Etymology

From English Yis.

Symbol

yis

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yis terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jɪs/

Adverb

yis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of yes.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jiz/

Pronoun

yis

1. (Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous.

Anagrams

• Isy

Achang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /ji˧˩/
• (Lianghe) [ɯ⁵⁵]
• (Longchuan) [ʐə⁵⁵]
• (Luxi) [ɯ³¹]
• (Xiandao) [ʐɯ⁵⁵]

Verb

yis

1. to laugh

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 145

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jîs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [jɪ̂s]

Noun

yîs m

1. yeast

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġīse, ġēse; equivalent to Old English ġēa + sīe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jis/, /jɛs/, /-z/

Interjection

yis

1. yes

Alternative forms

• yes, yesse, yus, yhis, ȝis, ȝise, ȝisse, ȝes, ȝeis, ȝeisse, ȝeus, ȝus, ȝuse, ȝhis, ȝys, ȝyse, ȝysse, ȝeys, ȝeysse, ȝhys

Adverb

yis

1. yes

Descendants

• English: yes
• Middle Scots: ȝis, ȝes, ȝeis

References

• “yis, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “yis, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

yis (uncountable)

1. alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

yis

1. (East Anglia) alternative form of þes (“these”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

yis

1. (chiefly Northern, East Anglia) alternative form of þis (“this”)

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Noun

yis m (plural iysan, Tifinagh spelling ⵢⵉⵙ)

1. horse

   Synonym: akidar

Declension

Inflection of yis

	singular	plural
free state	yis	iysan
annexed state	uyis	yiysan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yeast.

Noun

yis

1. yeast