yenge
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See also: yeŋge
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yenge
- Alternative form of yong
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yeŋe (“elder brother's wife”). See Bashkir еңгә (yeñgə) for more cognates.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yenge (definite accusative yengeyi, plural yengeler)
- aunt-in-law; one's brother's wife
- Oğlum, o senin yengen, yengen!
- My son, that's your aunt, your aunt!
- (vocative) term of address for women
- (informal) female significant other of one's friend
- Kardeşliğin ilk kuralı: yengenize yürümek yok.
- The first rule of the bro code is you do not hit upon your bro's girl.
- Yengenizi aldatırken yakalarsanız hemen kankanıza söylüyorsunuz, sonrasında ne bok olacağı fark etmez.
- If you catch your bro's girl cheating you immediately tell your bro regardless of any possible shitstorm that may arise.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “yenge”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yenge”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yenge”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yenge”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5161
Western Arrernte[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
yenge
- I (ergative?)
Related terms[edit]
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- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
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- Turkish informal terms
- tr:Female family members
- tr:Female people
- Western Arrernte terms with IPA pronunciation
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