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yummak.

to close; shut (one's eyes or mouth) tightly; to clench, double (one's fist)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to close; shut (one's eyes or mouth) tightly; to clench, double (one's fist)

    transitive
    Açtı ağzını yumdu gözünü.
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish یوممق (yummak, “to shut, close (the eye, the fist)”), from Proto-Turkic *yum- (“to close (eyes, mouth)”). Cognates Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (yum-, “to shut, close (eye)”), Karakhanid [script needed] (yümmēk, “to shut, close (eye)”), Azerbaijani yummaq (“to shut, close”), Bashkir йомоу (yomow, “to shut, clamp, compress”), Chagatai [script needed] (yummaq, “to shut”), Kazakh жұму (jumuw, “to close eyes”), Kipchak [Arabic needed] (yum-, “to shut the eyes or fingers”), Kyrgyz жумуу (jumuu, “to close eyes”), Southern Altai јумар (ǰumar, “to close eyes”), Tatar йомырга (yomırğa, “to close, clamp”), Turkmen ýummak (“to close”), Uyghur يۇمماق (yummaq, “to close, shut”), Uzbek yummoq (“to close, shut”), Yakut сим (sim, “to blink”).

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