xıttı

Salar

Etymology

Cognate to Turkish katı.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai, Archaic) IPA(key): /χɑʰtɨ/
  • (Xunhua, Hualong, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /χɨʰtɨ/
  • (Gansu) IPA(key): /χɨtʝi/

Adjective

xıttı (comparative xıttıraq, superlative xıttıdan xıttı)

  1. hard, rigid, solid
    Antonym: mişaq
  2. stingy, miserly
    Xıttı daş kama.
    He's stingy like stone.
  3. harsh, rough (word)
  4. strict, severe
    Xudaniği gilişi asandır, Xudaniği inişi xıttıdır.
    God’s reckoning comes slowly, yet its punishment is severe.
  5. strong, violent (wind, etc.)

Derived terms

  • yirigi xıttı (ruthless, hard-hearted)
  • yüzi xıttı (shameless)

References

  • Potanin, G.N. (1893), “xıttı”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
  • Kakuk, S. (1962), “xıttı”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[1], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “xıttı”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 553
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “xıttı”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 133
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “xıttı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 115
  • 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs]‎[4], China Salar Youth League, page 75
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “xıttı”, 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 313
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “xıttı”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 293