саҕалаа

Yakut

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Perhaps compare саҥа (saña, “new”).

Verb

саҕалаа • (sağalaa)

1. (transitive) to begin, to start, to initiate

   Antonym: сап (sap, “to close, to end”)

Derived terms

• саҕалааһын (sağalaahın, “beginning”)
• саҕалааччы (sağalaaccı, “initiator, instigator”)
• саҕалан (sağalan, “to begin, to start”) (intransitive)
• иилээ-саҕалаа (iilee-sağalaa, “to outline”) (give a general idea)