хаай
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Tuvan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaŋïr. Cognate with Tofa хаай (xaay), Turkmen gaňşyrawuk (“nasal cavity”).
Noun[edit]
хаай • (xaay) (definite accusative хаайны, plural хаайлар)
See also[edit]
- думчук (dumçuk)
Yakut[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic. Compare to Buryat *ka-.
Verb[edit]
хаай • (qaay)
- (transitive) (of livestock) to drive, to herd
- (transitive) (by extension) to trap, to constrain, to enclose
- (law) to arrest
- (transitive, colloquial) to leave unattended (enclosed or otherwise constrained in a given place)
- (transitive) to detain, to block
- Synonym: тохтоо (toqtoo)
- (transitive, colloquial) to interfere with, to infringe on or upon
Derived terms[edit]
- хаайыы (qaayıı, “imprisonment”)