different between yis vs yin

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From early romanizations of Chinese ??? (y?n), originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home.

Noun

yin (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.

Related terms

• (complement): yang
• (unity): yin-yang

Translations

Etymology 2

From ?n. Cognate with yan, yen, ane and one.

Numeral

yin

1. The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster

Anagrams

• NYI

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vin, yinu, vinu

Etymology 1

From Latin veni?. Compare Romanian veni, vin.

Verb

yin (third-person singular present indicative yini or yine, past participle vinitã or vinjitã or vinitã)

1. I come.

Related terms

• yiniri/yinire, yinjiri/yinjire, viniri/vinire, vinjiri/vinjire
• vinit/vinjit, yinit/yinjit

Etymology 2

From Latin vinum. Compare Romanian vin.

Alternative forms

• yinu, vin

Noun

yin n (plural yinuri)

1. wine

Derived terms

• yinar

See also

• ayinji/yinji
• ayitã/yitã

Finnish

Noun

yin

1. Instructive plural form of yy.

Anagrams

• nyi

French

Etymology

Mandarin ? (yin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jin/
• Rhymes: -jin

Noun

yin m (usually uncountable, plural yins)

1. yin

Further reading

• “yin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Mandarin

Romanization

yin

1. Nonstandard spelling of y?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of y?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yìn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Determiner

yin (subjective pronoun þou)

1. Alternative form of þin (“thy”)

Pronoun

yin (subjective þou)

1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (“thine”)

Spanish

Noun

yin m (plural yines)

1. Alternative form of djinn

Yoruba

Pronoun

yín

1. your (second-person plural or honorific possessive pronoun)

See also