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yet⋅i

  [yet-ee]
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–noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
Abominable Snowman.
Origin:
1950–55; < the Tibetan language of the Sherpas
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Abominable Snowman

 
–noun
a legendary large, hairy, humanoid creature said to inhabit the Himalayas.
Also called yeti.

Origin:
1920–25; spurious trans. of a supposed Tibetan phrase metoh kangmi, prob. an erroneous rendering of Tibetan mi t'om man-bear and k'ang mi snowfield man
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abominable snowman  
n.  A hairy humanlike animal reportedly inhabiting the snows of the high Himalaya Mountains. Also called yeti.
ye·ti   (yět'ē)   
n.   pl. ye·tis
See abominable snowman.

[Alteration of Tibetan miti : mi, person + ti, a kind of animal.]
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Word Origin & History

yeti 
1937, from Sherpa (Tibetan) yeh-teh "small manlike animal."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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