кыыһа

Yakut

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *qï̄zï, from Proto-Turkic *kï̄řï. By surface analysis, кыыс (kııs, “girl; daughter”) +‎ -а (-a, vowel harmonic third-person singular possessed suffix).

Cognate with Tuvan кызы (kızı), Kazakh қызы (qyzy), Turkish kızı, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɨː.ɦɑ̽]
• Hyphenation: кыы‧һа

Noun

кыыһа • (kııha)

1. third-person singular possessed nominative of кыыс (kııs, “girl; daughter”)
   1. Used to form a female patronymic

      Байдам кыыһа ― Baidam kyyha (literally, “daughter of Baidam”)

See also

• уола (uola)