çüregüsi

Salar

Alternative forms

• çürgüsi, çürigüsi

Etymology

Cognate to Azerbaijani çevirmək, Gagauz çevirmää, Turkish çevirmek, Turkmen çöwürmek, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Ili, Xinjiang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕyr(ɣysi)/, /t͡ɕiure(ɣysi)/
• (Hualong, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕiuri(ɣysi)/
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Gansu) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕouri(ɣysi)/
• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuːr(ɣysi)/, /t͡ɕiyr(ɣysi)/, /t͡ɕyvir(ɣysi)/, /t͡ɕuvur(ɣysi)/

Verb

çüregüsi (passive imperative çürelgil, present continuous çürebar, past çüreci)

1. (transitive) to turn down, turn inside out

   Yux ağır çöriller, oğul köp iş çeller.

   The son carrying the burden is very good at turning the load, but too many children will hinder this. (lit. The load turns hard, sons will hinder.)

2. to turn

   Sıq yanı çürir.

   I will turn right.

3. (transitive) to plaint

   Saş çür!

   Plaint the hair!

4. (transitive) to translate

   Manisini çür!

   Translate the meaning!

Derived terms

• çüregüci (“interpreter, translator”)

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “çüregüsi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 316
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “çüregüsi”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 75
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “çüregüsi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 72
• 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎^[2], China Salar Youth League, page 95

• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “çüregüsi”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, pages 60-61
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “çüregüsi”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 285, 287