نېمە

Uyghur

Etymology

From *neme / *nämä "what", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). -me is an interrogative formant.

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (nemä, “something”), Kyrgyz неме (neme, “something”), Kyrgyz эмне (emne, “what?”), Bashkir нимә (nimə, “what?”) / нәмә (nəmə, “something”), Uzbek nima, Turkmen näme (“what?”), Khakas ниме (nime, “what?”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.mɛ/

Pronoun

نېمە • (nëme)

1. what