yex

== English == === Alternative forms === yesk === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɛks/ Rhymes: -ɛks === Etymology 1 === From Middle English yexen, yixen, yesken, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”). Cognate with Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), Middle High German geschen, gischen (“to yawn, gape”). ==== Verb ==== yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed) (archaic, intransitive) To hiccup. (archaic, intransitive) To belch or burp. ===== Derived terms ===== yexing ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ȝeoxe, ȝoxe, from Old English ġeoxa, ġeocsa, ġihsa (“hiccup; sobbing”). ==== Noun ==== yex (plural yexes) (archaic or dialectal) A hiccup. Synonym: yexing === Anagrams === exy, xey == Lower Tanana == === Etymology === Related to -yega' (“downward”) and yega' (“down, below”). Cognate with Ahtna yax, Koyukon yah (“house”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jəx/, /jəχ/ === Noun === yex house, building Synonym: kwnwx ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -enyege (“windpipe”) kayex (“village”) yega' (“down, below”) -yeget (“at a place down below”) -yegw (“in a general area down below”) -yega' (“downward”) -yexdot (“throat”) === References === Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 468