yeti
English edit
Etymology edit
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
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Noun edit
yeti (plural yeti or yetis)
- (cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
- Synonym: abominable snowman
- Coordinate terms: bigfoot, sasquatch, yowie, menk
- 1962, Edmund Hillary, Desmond Doig, “Into the Mingbo Valley”, in High in the Thin Cold Air: The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia[1], Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 131:
- There is no doubt that the Sherpas accept the fact that the Yeti really exists. But then they believe just as confidently that their gods live in comfort on the summit of Mount Everest. We found it quite impossible to divorce the Yeti from the supernatural.
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Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: iéti
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Anguthimri edit
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yeti
- (Mpakwithi) bird
References edit
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
Czech edit
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Noun edit
yeti m anim
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: sněžný muž
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- yeti in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
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yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
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Noun edit
yèti (first-person possessive yetiku, second-person possessive yetimu, third-person possessive yetinya)
- yeti: An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
Further reading edit
- “yeti” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Noun edit
yeti m (invariable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: abominevole uomo delle nevi
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English yeti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yeti m animal (indeclinable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti, abominable snowman (unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas)
- Synonym: człowiek śniegu
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Portuguese edit
Noun edit
yeti m (plural yetis)
- Alternative form of iéti
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French yéti.
Noun edit
yeti m (plural yeti)
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Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
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Noun edit
yeti m anim (genitive singular yetiho, nominative plural yetiovia, genitive plural yetiov, declension pattern of kuli)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonyms: snežný človek m, snežný muž m
Declension edit
References edit
- “yeti”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eti
- Syllabification: ye‧ti
Noun edit
yeti m (plural yetis)
Further reading edit
- “yeti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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yeti c
Turkish edit
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yeti (definite accusative yetiyi, plural yetiler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | yeti | |
Definite accusative | yetiyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | yeti | yetiler |
Definite accusative | yetiyi | yetileri |
Dative | yetiye | yetilere |
Locative | yetide | yetilerde |
Ablative | yetiden | yetilerden |
Genitive | yetinin | yetilerin |