кай

See also: кај

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *käjɜ.

Noun

кай • (kaj)

1. bird

Further reading

• Entry #258 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kad.

Noun

кай • (kay)

1. overtone singing

References

• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Indrik, page 193 pages

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ka-.

Pronoun

кай • (kay)

1. why, where (to)
2. what, which

References

• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 191 pages
• Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “кай”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

Udi

Etymology

From Aghwan 𐕣𐔰𐔴𐕎 (kaen, “dawn”).

Noun

кай • (kaj) (Vartashen)

1. dawn, morning

Alternative forms

• каьй (käj)

Derived terms

• кайбаксун (kajbaksun)
• кайкаймугъо (kajkajmuɣo)

Further reading

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “кай”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Baku: Academy Press, page 131