yatay

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈtai/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈt̪ai̯]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝaˈtai/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈt̪ai̯]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˈtai/ [ʃaˈt̪ai̯]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˈtai/ [ʒaˈt̪ai̯]

• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: ya‧tay

Noun

yatay m (plural yatayes)

1. yatay palm (Butia)

Further reading

• “yatay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

Coined from yatmak (“to lie down”) +‎ -ay during the language reform to replace the Arabic borrowing ufki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑ.tɑj]

Adjective

yatay

1. horizontal

Antonyms

• dikey

See also

• düşey

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yatay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük