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gjysm|a|ta'r I§ nm [Hist] 1 poor farmer who takes turns with another farmer using a yoke of oxen to which each has contributed one ox (half a yoke) for plowing 2 (Hist) sharecropper who paid half his earnings to the owner of the land/livestock: métayer II§ adj on the métayage system, in métayage gjysm|a|tar|i' nf (Hist) tenant farm gjysm|automa't adj, nm (Tech) semi-automatic (device/machine/tool)