yiish

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adjective

Of or relating to the Yi language family of Sino-Tibetan languages.

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interjectionyiish!
  1. alternativeAlternative form of yeesh.

    Yiish, talk about tangled grammar.

    1998 October 2, Clayton Anderson, “The Resurrection implied by all arguments”, in alt.christnet.philosophy (Usenet)
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    I whisper, “Yiish, if Julie saw that film, she'd dump me for Deward 'Da Lizard' Banksiana.”

    2013, Lyle Markey, The Toll of Valor, →ISBN, page 72

    Ripper says, “Men do seem to like her for some reason.” Myrtle responds sarcastically, “I can think of three reasons—38- 24-36. Yiish!”

    2013, Tom Lisanti, Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties, →ISBN

Yiish2

adjectiveYiish (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the Yi language family of Sino-Tibetan languages.

    ...maps of the following groups: Kam Tai, Miao-Yao, Tibeto-Burman including Yiish, Mongol languages, Turkic languages, and Man-Tungus languages.

    1985, Asien - Issues 14-17, page 84
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    It deals with syntactic change on a scale comparable to that presupposed by the ST articulation -- and in much the same directions -- that has taken place in a group of languages known in Chana as the "Yi" and in the West as the "Lolo", that form one of the major groupings in the Loloish (or "Yiish") subbranch of TB.

    1985, Graham Thurgood, James A. Matisoff, Paul K. Benedict, Linguistics of the Sino-Tibetan area

    I believe that Anong is rather close to Dulong, belonging in the Jingpho subgroup of TB; while Rouruo and Nusu, since they are fairly close to the Yi languages, probably belong in the Yiish (- Loloish) subgroup of TB.

    1987, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area - Volumes 10-11, page 121

    Both are closely related to Burmese, and with other languages, are grouped in a Burmish branch, which in turn is closely related to the extensive Yiish group of southwest China and bordering regions.

    2006, Randy J. LaPolla, Graham Thurgood, The Sino-Tibetan Languages, →ISBN, page 195

    Synonyms: Loloish

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adjectiveOf or relating to the Yi language family of Sino-Tibetan languages.

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