Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bejŋi (brain).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (meŋi), [script needed] (meji, brain); Kazakh ми (mi), Kyrgyz мээ (mee), Bashkir мейе (meye), Tatar ми (mi), Crimean Tatar miy, Kumyk мий (miy), Uzbek miya, Uyghur مېڭە (më'nge), Azerbaijani beyin, Turkish beyin, Khakas мии (mii), Yakut мэйии (meyii, brain), etc.

Noun edit

мее (mee)

  1. brain