yim

See also: Yim

Afar

Etymology

From yí (“my”) +‎ -m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjim/ [ˈjɪm]
• Hyphenation: yim

Pronoun

yím (predicative yíimi or yiimí)

1. mine

See also

Afar possessive pronouns

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f
Singular	yím	kúm	kayím	tetím
Plural	ním	siním	kením

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “yim”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 67
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Chaap Wuurong

Alternative forms

• yen

Noun

yim

1. moon

References

• 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:

  The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
  [English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung
  […]
  moon mitjian yim

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Daba

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yim

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
• Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Madngele

Noun

yim

1. fire

References

• Margit Bowler and Vanya Kapitonov, Towards a typology of quantification in Australian languages (2018), p. 13
• Zandvoort, F. (1999). A Grammar of Matngele (page 102). BA Thesis, University of New England.

Musgu

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yim

1. water

References

• Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

White Hmong

White Hmong cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : yim

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *jat (“eight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝi˩̰/

Numeral

yim

1. eight

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.