Yami

[ yah-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural Ya·mis, (especially collectively) Ya·mi

a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
the Austronesian language of the Yami.

adjective

of or relating to the Yami or their language.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Yami¹

First recorded in 1910–15; from Yami: literally, “people of the north wind,” equivalent to i- locative prefix + ami “north (wind),” i.e., north of the Ivatan and Itbayat peoples, their closest associates

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