кая

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *k-a (“cut”, verb base), derived from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰ (thematic consonant) + Proto-Yeniseian *xaʌŋ ~ *xaej (“slice into”, infinitive verb).

The full stem is found in Ket хаӷей (hákej, “cutting”, action nominal, verb), with a nominal element attached, Proto-Yeniseian *pʰadʲ (“flat surface”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka…a/, [ka…ʝa]

Verb

кая (k⁵-a⁴-[n²]-a⁰) (conjugation I or IV)

1. (transitive, telic) subject cuts, slices, cuts into pieces; subject scrapes, fleshes [Conjugation class I]
2. (intransitive, reflexive, telic) subject cuts oneself, incises one's own flesh [Conjugation class IV]

Further reading

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 309-310
• Vajda, Edward J.; Zinn, Marina (2004), Kotorova, Elizaveta G., editor, Морфологический словарь кетского глагола (in Russian), Tomsk: Томского государственного педагогического университет (TGPU), pages 107-108
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 538-539

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kaya. Cognate to Southern Altai кайа (kaya), etc.

Noun

кая • (kaya) (Arabic spelling قايا)

1. rock, cliff

See also

• кыя (kıya, “hillside”)

References

• Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (1997), “ҚА:ЙА”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 198

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kaya.

Noun

кая • (kaya)

1. rock, cliff

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “кая”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN, page 156