çiygüsi

Salar

Etymology

Unknown. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Maybe cognate of Turkmen çigmek (“to tie up”), Karakhanid [script needed] (çığma:k).

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕij(ɣysi)/

Verb

çiygüsi (passive çiyil, present continuous çiybar, past çiyci)

1. to spread out

Derived terms

• çiyik (“felt”)

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “çiygüsi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 310
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “čiyix”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 49