different between xis vs yis

English

Noun

xis

1. plural of xi

Anagrams

• ISX, Six, six

French

Noun

xis m pl

1. plural of xi

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??is/ IPA^(key): /??i?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??i?/
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

Noun

xis m (plural xis)

1. ex (name of the Latin letter X, x)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English cheese

Interjection

xis

1. (photography) cheese (said while being photographed)

Etymology 3

Short for xisbúrguer (borrowed from English cheeseburger) and derived terms.

Noun

xis m (plural xis)

1. (informal) burger (large sandwich with a patty)

Etymology 4

Noun

xis m (plural xis)

1. (figuratively) main (the main part of something)

Derived terms

• o xis da questão

English

Pronunciation 1

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /j?s/

Adverb

yis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of yes.

Pronunciation 2

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jiz/

Pronoun

yis

1. (Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous

Anagrams

• Isy

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeast.

Noun

yîs m

1. yeast

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ??se, ??se; equivalent to Old English ??a + s?e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jis/, /j?s/, /-z/

Interjection

yis

1. yes

Alternative forms

• yes, yesse, yus, yhis, ?is, ?ise, ?isse, ?es, ?eis, ?eisse, ?eus, ?us, ?use, ?his, ?ys, ?yse, ?ysse, ?eys, ?eysse, ?hys

Adverb

yis

1. yes

Descendants

• English: yes
• Middle Scots: ?is, ?es, ?eis

References

• “yis, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “yis, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

yis (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

yis

1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

yis

1. (chiefly Northern, East Anglia) Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yeast.

Noun

yis

1. yeast