söyingüsi

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *seb-.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /søjin(ɣysi)/
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /sojin(ɣysi)/

Verb

söyingüsi (passive imperative, present continuous söyinbar, past söyinci)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to love, to have special feelings for someone

   Synonym: aylağusı

   Antonym: açıqlanğusı (“to hate someone”)

   Men seni söyiner.

   I love you.

2. (intransitive, reflexive) to be happy, glad

   – Sen nañ üçün söyiner?
   + Ani üçün...

   Why are you happy?
   For her...

   Sinigi gelişiñe men rigi söyinbar.

   I am glad you came.

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “söyingüsi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 484, 487
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “söyingüsi”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “söyingüsi”, 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, page 263
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “söyingüsi”, 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), page 290