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Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tāy-, *dāy-. Cognate to Kyrgyz тай (tay, “maternal kinship”), Crimean Tatar dayı, Azerbaijani dayı, Turkish dayı, etc.
Noun
таай • (taay)
- maternal uncle
Derived terms
References
- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “таай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
- V. verbickij, editor (1884), “таай”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN
Yakut
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *tāy.
Noun
таай • (taay)
- maternal uncle
Etymology 2
From Mongolic.
Verb
таай • (taay)
- (transitive) to guess
- таабырыны таай ― taabırını taay ― guess the riddle
- (transitive or intransitive) to anticipate
- манна кэлиэ диэн таайабын ― manna kelie dien taayabın ― I have a feeling he'll come over here