yakishear

Ladino

Alternative forms

• akishear

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish yakışmak.

Verb

yakishear (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ייאקישיאר)

1. (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with; to suit (look like)
   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, זיקנתך כבחרותך‎^[1], page 142:

     […] mos fuimos en luna de miel a París, i yo empesí a engodrarme ... i engodrarme. El prenyado a mí me yakishea muncho.

     we left to have our honeymoon in Paris, and I started to fatten myself ... and fatten myself. I look so much like I am pregnant.