јем

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Early yem, from Proto-Turkic *yē-. Cognate with Kumyk ем (yem), Kyrgyz жем (jem, “fodder”), Kazakh жем (jem, “fodder; bait”), Bashkir ем (yem, “fodder; bait”), Azerbaijani yem, Turkish yem (“fodder; bait”); Tuvan чем (çem, “food; fodder”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲe̞m]
  • Hyphenation: јем

Noun

јем • (ǰem)

  1. prey
  2. fodder
  3. bait

References

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