гахай

Buryat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɢa.χɛː/, [ɢä.χɛː]
• Hyphenation: га‧хай

Noun

гахай • (gaxaj) (^??? please provide spelling!)

1. pig

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠭᠠᠬᠠᠢ (ɣaqai)	гахай (gaxaj)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *gakai, compare Kalmyk һаха (ğaxa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɢa.χæː/
• Hyphenation: га‧хай

Noun

гахай • (gaxaj)

1. pig

   гахайн мах ― gaxajn max ― pork (literally, “pig’s meat”)

   гахай жил ― gaxaj žil ― year of the Pig (Earthly Branch)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• далайн гахай (dalajn gaxaj, “dolphin”)