yummak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish يوممق (yummak, to shut, close (the eye, the fist)), from Proto-Turkic *jum-, *jüm- (to close (eyes, mouth)), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *ńi̯ŭmi (to close (eyes, mouth)). Compare Proto-Mongolic *ǯimüji- (to close eyes; mouth), (Buryat жэмыхэ (žemyxe, to compress, squeeze, purse one's mouth)) and Proto-Tungusic *ńim- (to close eyes) (Evenki нимӈи (nimŋi-, to close, to shut eyes)).

Verb

yummak (third-person singular simple present yumar)

  1. (transitive) to close; shut (one's eyes or mouth) tightly; to clench, double (one's fist)
    Açtı ağzını yumdu gözünü.He flew into a rage. (Lit. He opened his mouth, closed his eye(s).)

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References

  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *ńi̯ŭmi”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “yum-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 934
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