yipes

== English == === Interjection === yipes Alternative form of yikes. == Cypriot Arabic == === Etymology === Inherited from Arabic يَبِسَ (yabisa). === Verb === yipes I (present pkyipes, verbal noun yaps) (intransitive) to dry K-kişk prin ta ttipes, pittittekel nayye. ― Before the kişk dries, it can be eaten uncooked. to run dry (river) to harden, to wither === References === Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 472