different between zis vs yis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?s/

Adverb

zis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of this.

Determiner

zis (plural zese)

1. Pronunciation spelling of this.

Pronoun

zis

1. Pronunciation spelling of this.

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German zins, from Old High German zins (“tax, tribute, interest on a lease or rent”), from Latin c?nsus (“census”). Cognate with German Zins (“interest”).

Noun

zis m

1. (Luserna) rent

References

• “zis” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Romanian

Verb

zis (past participle of zice)

1. said

Declension

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-raX. Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] raol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/

Noun

zis

1. urine

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)

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