See also: әйе and эйә

Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *edgü (good, excellent).

Compare to Tatar әйе (äye, yes), Kazakh иә (, yes), Kyrgyz ийи (iyi, yes), ийе (iye, yes), Southern Altai эйе (eye, yes), Tuvan ийе (iye, yes), Turkish iyi (good), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɪ̞ˈjɪ̞]
  • Hyphenation: э‧йе

Particle edit

эйе (eye)

  1. yes
    Һеҙҙең «эйе» тигән һүҙегеҙ – «эйе», «юҡ» тигәнегеҙ «юҡ» булһын. Шунан артығы – Иблистән. (Matthew 5:37.)https://www.bible.com/bible/1929/MAT.5.37.BSKNT14
    Heźźeñ «eye» tigən hüźegeź – «eye», «yuq» tigənegeź «yuq» bulhın. Şunan artığı – İblistən.
    Let your "yes" be "yes", "no" be "no". Anything more than this comes from the devil.

Antonyms edit

  • юҡ (yuq, no)

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *edgü (good, excellent).

Compare to Bashkir эйе (eye, yes), Tatar әйе (äye, yes), Kazakh иә (, yes), Kyrgyz ийи (iyi, yes), ийе (iye, yes), Tuvan ийе (iye, yes), Turkish iyi (good), etc.

Particle edit

эйе (eye)

  1. yes

Antonyms edit

References edit

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “эйе”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN