хай

From Proto-Tungusic *xia, compare Evenki экун (əkun), Even як (jak), Manchu ᠠᡳ (ai).

хай (hay)

1. what

• IPA^(key): [xaj]

хай • (xaj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ха́ять (xájatʹ)

• сайи (Taz dialect)

From Proto-Samoyedic *səjmä, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognates include Nganasan сеймы, Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem.

хай (haj)

1. eye
   • 2022, Grogorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (in Russian), page 81:

     Мат ни̇к кыга́к, ӄа́йгос ӄу́ла ми́нал э̄дэнд манэмба́т ай ха́йла табла́ннан че́лэешпат!

     I wish people looked at our village and their eyes shine!

• G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», page 56

• IPA^(key): [xai̯]

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хай • (xaj)

1. let + subject + conjugated verb

• хай щасти́ть (xaj ščastýtʹ)

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хай • (qay)

1. (transitive) to follow

   суолун хай ― suolun qay ― to follow another's path, to follow in another's footsteps

   Antonyms: дьаһай (jahay), салай (salay, “to lead”)

2. (transitive) (hunting, general) to pursue (game, etc.)

   кыыл суолун хай ― kııl suolun qay ― to follow the track of an animal

   Synonym: ирдээ (irdee, “to pursue, to track down”)

• хайыс (qayıs, “to turn”)