yex

• yesk

• IPA^(key): /jɛks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛks

From Middle English yexen, yixen, yesken, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”). Cognate with Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), Middle High German geschen, gischen (“to yawn, gape”).

yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To hiccup.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To belch or burp.

• yexing

From Middle English ȝeoxe, ȝoxe, from Old English ġeoxa, ġeocsa, ġihsa (“hiccup; sobbing”).

yex (plural yexes)

1. (archaic or dialectal) A hiccup.

   Synonym: yexing

• exy, xey

Related to -yega' (“downward”) and yega' (“down, below”). Cognate with Ahtna yax (“house”).

• IPA^(key): /jəx/, /jəχ/

yex

1. house, building

   Synonym: kwnwx

• -enyege (“windpipe”)
• kayex (“village”)
• yega' (“down, below”)
• -yeget (“at a place down below”)
• -yegw (“in a general area down below”)
• -yega' (“downward”)
• -yexdot (“throat”)

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 468