Salar edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *čï̄pïn.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [tʃyin]
  • (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ʒyvin], [ʒʰyvin]
  • (Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ʒøvæn], [ʒøvænyr], [ʒøvænʒʰux], [ʒʰyːvin], [ʒʰyjin]
  • (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [ʝujun]

Noun edit

cüyin (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. bee
  2. (Ili Salar) fly

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “čüin”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 315, 565-566, 569
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “cüyin”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, pages 14, 32, 184, 194, 214, 248
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ʝujun”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 87