engüsi
Salar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *ēn-. Cognate with Turkish inmek.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]engüsi (passive imperative enil, present continuous enbar, past enci)
- to descend, go down, come down
- Asman nene yağsa, sel en gelgar ― If it rains again, the flood will come down.[1]
- to appear
- Synonym: görin
- to precipitate, fall (rain, mist, arrow, etc.)
- “İnci çosıña uxu viğe. Bu uxunı vurda qala ense, çosıñniği kine anda var” dimiş-a. ― (s/he) Said, "I will give you an arrow. Shoot this arrow and wherever it falls, it will be your bride."[2]
- to decrease, dip (price, temperature, etc.)
- to cast (light, shadow, etc.)
- to fall
- Synonym: yıqıl
- to skin down
- to lead down
- to slip (key)
- to get off (ship)
- Uğrı kimuge çixaller, uğrı kimudın enelmes. ― You can get on the thief's boat, but you can't get off the thief's boat.[3]
- to fall on
- Bir damdırmeğen kişge, ullı berget enmes. ― A person who does not leave even a penny does not have great luck. (lit. Great abundance does not fall on the one who does not drip even a thing.)[4]
Derived terms
[edit]- başına engüsi (“to fall upon, fall on”)
- göñnine engüsi (“to be glad, be content”)
- endergüsi
References
[edit]- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “engüsi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 325
- 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “engüsi”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar][2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 141
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “engüsi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 88
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “engüsi”, 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 102
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “engüsi”, 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 231