таай

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)

  1. maternal uncle

Derived terms

  • таада (taada)
  • таай јеҥе (taay ǰeŋe)
  • таай јесте (taay ǰeste)
  • таай эје (taay eǰe)
  • таай эне (taay ene)
  • тайнеш (tayneš)

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “таай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
  • Verbickij, V. I. (1884) “таай”, in Словарь алтайского и аладагского наречий тюркского языка [Dictionary of Altaic and Aladag dialects of Turkic], Kazan

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *tāy.

Noun

таай • (taay)

  1. maternal uncle

Etymology 2

From Mongolic.

Verb

таай • (taay)

  1. (transitive) to guess
    таабырыны таай ― taabırını taay ― guess the riddle
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to anticipate
    манна кэлиэ диэн таайабын ― manna kelie dien taayabın ― I have a feeling he'll come over here
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