эйе

See also: әйе and эйә

Bashkir

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɪ̞ˈjɪ̞]
Hyphenation: э‧йе

Particle

эйе • (eye)

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

юҡ (yuq, “no”)

Southern Altai

Etymology

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

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

Particle

эйе • (eye)

yes

Antonyms

јок (ǰok)

References

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