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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kïs- (“short, narrow; to squeeze”).
Verb
кыһай • (kıhay)
- (transitive) to squeeze
- Synonym: ык (ık)
- (transitive) to press
- See synonyms at баттаа (battaa).
- (by extension) to force
- (transitive) to do something by lamplight, candlelight, etc.
- лаампа уотугар кыһайан көр ― laampa uotugar kıhayan kör ― to consider (something) by lamplight
Antonyms
- (to expand, transitive) кэҥэт (keñet), кэтирэт (ketiret)
- For the intransitive forms, see кэҥээ (keñee), кэтирээ (ketiree).
Derived terms
- кыһалга (kıhalga, “need, lack, poverty, urgency”)
- кыһалын (kıhalın, “to shrink, to compress”)
- кыһан (kıhan, “to need”)
See also