Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yumuĺ (work, service, necessity).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jumuš, work, assignment); Kazakh жұмыс (jūmys, work), Khakas нымыс (nımıs, assignment, errand), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jʊ̞ˈmʊ̞ʂ]
  • Hyphenation: йо‧мош

Noun edit

йомош (yomoş)

  1. (typically small) work or mission that someone asks somebody else to do; commission, assignment, errand; favor
  2. a particular reason for somebody to visit a place or person; an objective or a matter needing to be dealt with
    Күрше йомошҡа инһә, сәйнүгеңде эҫет.
    Kürşe yomoşqa inhə, səynügeñde eśet.
    If a neighbor comes in for a purpose, heat up your teapot (and offer tea).

Declension edit