багай

Dolgan

Adverb

багай • (bagay)

  1. for example, for instance

Synonyms
  • колобур (kolobur)

Tuvan

Etymology

From бак (bak, “bad, evil”) +‎ -ай (-ay), from Proto-Turkic *b(i)ăk (“bad, evil”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈʁaj/

Adjective

багай • (bagay)

  1. bad, faulty
    Ашактың дыңнаары багай. ― Aşaktıñ dıñnaarı bagay. ― The old man's hearing is bad.
  2. evil

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*b(i)ăk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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