хай

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of няха́й (njaxáj).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aj
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Particle

хай (xaj)

  1. let + subject + conjugated verb

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *xia, compare Evenki экун (əkun), Even як (jak), Manchu ᠠᡳ (ai).

Pronoun

хай (hay)

  1. what

Russian

Pronunciation

Verb

хай (xaj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ха́ять (xájatʹ)

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of хай
Chumel dialects
Narym хай (xaj)
Syusse dialects
Middle Ket сайи (saji)
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob сэй (sej)

Etymology

From Proto-Selkup *sajə, from Proto-Samoyedic *səjmä, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognates include Nganasan сеймы (sjejmɨ), Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem.

Noun

хай (haj) (Narym)

  1. eye
    • 2022, Grigorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 81:
      Мат ни̇к кыга́к, ӄа́йгос ӄу́ла ми́нал э̄дэнд манэмба́т ай ха́йла табла́ннан че́лэешпат!
      Mat ni̇k kygák, qájgos qúla mínal ēdend manembát aj xájla tablánnan čjéleješpat!
      I wish people looked at our village and their eyes shine!

Further reading

  • G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 56 of 150

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of неха́й (nexáj).

Pronunciation

Particle

хай (xaj)

  1. let + subject + conjugated verb

Derived terms

Yakut

Etymology

Unknown.

Verb

хай (qay)

  1. (transitive) to follow
    Antonyms: дьаһай (jahay), салай (salay, to lead)
    суолун хайsuolun qayto follow another's path, to follow in another's footsteps
  2. (transitive) (hunting, general) to pursue (game, etc.)
    Synonym: ирдээ (irdee, to pursue, to track down)
    кыыл суолун хайkııl suolun qayto follow the track of an animal

Derived terms