кыһай

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïs- (“short, narrow; to squeeze”).

Verb

кыһай • (kıhay)

1. (transitive) to squeeze

   Synonym: ык (ık)

2. (transitive) to press

   See synonyms at баттаа (battaa).

3. (by extension) to force
4. (transitive) to do something by lamplight, candlelight, etc.

   лаампа уотугар кыһайан көр ― laampa uotugar kıhayan kör ― to consider (something) by lamplight

Antonyms

• (to expand, transitive) кэҥэт (keñet), кэтирэт (ketiret)
  • For the intransitive forms, see кэҥээ (keñee), кэтирээ (ketiree).

Derived terms

• кыһалга (kıhalga, “need, lack, poverty, urgency”)
• кыһалын (kıhalın, “to shrink, to compress”)
• кыһан (kıhan, “to need”)

See also

• күүс (küüs, “force”)