yip
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See also: Yip
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /jɪp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪp
Noun
[edit]yip (plural yips)
- a sharp, high-pitched bark
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
Translations
[edit]sound a small dog makes
Verb
[edit]yip (third-person singular simple present yips, present participle yipping, simple past and past participle yipped)
- to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice
Translations
[edit]sound a small dog makes
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “yip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “yippen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Anagrams
[edit]Boghom
[edit]Noun
[edit]yip
References
[edit]- John D. Bengtson, In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory (2008, →ISBN
Kir-Balar
[edit]Noun
[edit]yip
References
[edit]- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
Salar
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *yip.
Noun
[edit]yip (3rd person possessive yipi, plural yipler)
References
[edit]- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yip”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 359
- Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “yip”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology[1], 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 215
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “yip”, 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 278
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