орай

Tuvan

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolic, ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *oraï (“evening, late”). Cognate with Mongolian орой (oroj, “evening; late”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈraj/

Adverb

орай • (oray)

1. late

Antonyms

• эрте (erte)

References

• Tatarincev, B. I. (2008) “орай”, in Monguš D. A., editor, Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tuvinskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Tuvan Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Novosibirsk: Nauka, pages 323-324