эрэй
Yakut edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Mongolic, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *eregü (“torture”). Compare Mongolian эрүү (erüü).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
эрэй • (erey)
- hard work, toil, torture
- hardship, misery, suffering
- difficulty, anxiety
- эрэй диэтэҕиҥ!
- erey dieteğiñ!
- oh, how awful!
Derived terms edit
- эрэй-буруй (erey-buruy, “suffering, hardship”)
- эрэйдэ (ereyde, “to cause trouble”)
- эрэйдэн (ereyden, “to suffer”)
- эрэйдэнии (ereydenii, “suffering”)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
эрэй • (erey)
- (transitive) to count on, to wait for, to expect
- See synonyms at күүт (küüt).
References edit
- Pekarskij, E. K. (1959) “эрэй”, in Словарь якутского языка [Yakut Dictionary][1] (in Russian), volume I, a reprint of the original thirteen fascicles appearing 1907–1930, Moscow: Academy Press, column 279