хаал

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiāl-, compare Turkish kalmak.

Verb

хаал • (qaal)

1. (intransitive) to stay, to remain

   Synonym: орт (ort, “to remain, to be left over”)

   Antonyms: бар (bar), таҕыс (tağıs)

2. (after the -ан form of a verb) to do something consistently or continuously, to keep or end up doing something

   Antonym: түс (tüs)

   уот умайан хаалла ― uot umayan qaalla ― the fire kept burning

Usage notes

The second sense is found elsewhere in the world. Compare "he stay working" (and the similar expression "he steady working") in Black English, as well as the development of the progressive aspect in the Romance languages (ultimately from Latin stō (“I stand, I stay”)).