yeti
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yeti (plural yeti or yetis)
- (cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
- Synonym: abominable snowman
- Coordinate terms: bigfoot, sasquatch, yowie, menk
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AnguthimriEdit
NounEdit
yeti
- (Mpakwithi) bird
ReferencesEdit
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
CzechEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yeti m anim
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- yeti in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: verschrikkelijke sneeuwman
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yèti (first-person possessive yetiku, second-person possessive yetimu, third-person possessive yetinya)
- yeti: An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
Further readingEdit
- “yeti” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
yeti m (invariable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: abominevole uomo delle nevi
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yeti m anim (indeclinable)
- (cryptozoology) yeti
- Synonym: człowiek śniegu
Further readingEdit
- yeti in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- yeti in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
yeti m (plural yetis)
- (cryptozoology) yeti (unidentified humanoid of the Himalayas)
- Synonym: abominável homem das neves
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French yéti.
NounEdit
yeti m (plural yeti)
DeclensionEdit
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yeti m (genitive singular yetiho, nominative plural yetiovia, genitive plural yetiov, declension pattern of kuli)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- yeti in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -eti
- Syllabification: ye‧ti
NounEdit
yeti m (plural yetis)
Further readingEdit
- “yeti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
yeti c
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yeti (definite accusative yetiyi, plural yetiler)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | yeti | |
Definite accusative | yetiyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | yeti | yetiler |
Definite accusative | yetiyi | yetileri |
Dative | yetiye | yetilere |
Locative | yetide | yetilerde |
Ablative | yetiden | yetilerden |
Genitive | yetinin | yetilerin |