semiz
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
semiz
References edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Salar edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Azerbaijani səmiz, Turkmen, Turkish semiz. Noun of semir (“to fatten”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Chahandusi, Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [simus]
- (Mengda, Muchang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [semus], [semis]
- (Gandu, Hualong, Qinghai) IPA(key): [semis], [semiz]
- (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [semiz]
Adjective edit
semiz
References edit
Seychellois Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
semiz
References edit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *semiŕ (“fat”).[1] Cognate with Kazakh семіз (semız, “fat”), Kyrgyz семиз (semiz, “fat”), etc.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
semiz
- fat (not lean or thin)
- Ayının ağzında çırpınan, semiz bir balık var. ― The bear has a flopping, fat fish in its mouth.
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References edit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*semiŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading edit
- “semiz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu