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Belarusian
Etymology
Clipping of няха́й (njaxáj).
Pronunciation
Particle
хай • (xaj)
- let + subject + conjugated verb
Nanai
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *xia, compare Evenki экун (əkun), Even як (jak), Manchu ᠠᡳ (ai).
Pronoun
хай (hay)
- what
Russian
Pronunciation
Verb
хай • (xaj)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of ха́ять (xájatʹ)
Southern Selkup
Regional variants of хай
Chumel dialects
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Narym
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хай (xaj)
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Syusse dialects
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Middle Ket
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сайи (saji)
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Tyuj dialects
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Upper Ob
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сэй (sej)
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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)
- 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
Etymology
Clipping of неха́й (nexáj).
Pronunciation
Particle
хай • (xaj)
- let + subject + conjugated verb
Derived terms
Yakut
Etymology
Unknown.
Verb
хай • (qay)
- (transitive) to follow
- Antonyms: дьаһай (jahay), салай (salay, “to lead”)
- суолун хай ― suolun qay ― to follow another's path, to follow in another's footsteps
- (transitive) (hunting, general) to pursue (game, etc.)
- Synonym: ирдээ (irdee, “to pursue, to track down”)
- кыыл суолун хай ― kııl suolun qay ― to follow the track of an animal
Derived terms