xay

See also: xây

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Kayan Mahakam with x as a placeholder.

Symbol

xay

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kayan Mahakam.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kayan Mahakam terms

Ahtna

Alternative forms

• xey (“Mentasta”)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy (“winter”). Cognate with Navajo hai.

Noun

xay (Central, Lower, Western)

1. winter

Derived terms

• xay cʼayaałi (“bear that is out in winter”)
• xay gigeʼ (“lowbush cranberry”)
• xay luuggeʼ (“silver salmon”)
• tsʼixayniidze (“at midwinter”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 212

Hupa

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy (“winter”). Cognate with Navajo hai

Noun

xay

1. winter
2. year

References

• Golla, Victor et al. (1996), Hupa Language Dictionary Second Edition, Humboldt, California: Hoopa Valley Tribe, page 108

Pacoh

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *saj, *psaj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Eastern Bru pasâi, Semai ba'heeq, Jehai bhiʔ, Bahnar phĭ, Khmu [Cuang] biʔ, Mon ဖဲ.

For some other cases where Pacoh (and Katuic in general) has /s/ while other Austroasiatic languages have /h/, see also kixay (“moon”), pixay (“otter”). Although Shorto (2006) chiefly reconstructed these cognate sets with *h, Katuic is probably conservative, with other branches underwent debuccalization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saj]

Adjective

xay 

1. (of stomach) full; sated

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Cognates include Navajo hai and Dogrib xo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xàj], [xàʒ]
• Hyphenation: xay

Noun

xay (stem -ghay-)

1. winter
2. (+ numeral) year
3. (possessed) age

Inflection

Possessive inflection of xay (-ghayé)

		singular	plural
1st person		seghayé	naxeghayé
2nd person		neghayé
3rd person	1)	—	gighayé
	2)	meghayé	goghayé
4th person		yeghayé
reflexive	sp.	ɂedeghayé	kedeghayé
	unsp.	deghayé
reciprocal		—	ɂełeghayé
indefinite		ɂeghayé
areal		goghayé

¹⁾ Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
²⁾ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

• Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *tʃeː (“to grind, to husk rice”). Related to chày.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [saj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sa(ː)j˧˧]
• Homophone: say (Northern Vietnam)

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Verb

xay • (𢴘)

1. to grind; to crush; to pulverize

Derived terms

• cối xay
• cối xay gió
• máy xay
• máy xay sinh tố

Yámana

Pronoun

xay

1. I