таай

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāy-, *dāy-. Cognate to Kyrgyz тай (tay, “maternal kinship”), Crimean Tatar dayı, Azerbaijani dayı, Turkish dayı, etc.

Noun

таай • (taay)

1. maternal uncle

Derived terms

• таада (taada)
• таай эне (taay ene)
• таай эје (taay eǰe)
• тайнеш (tayneš)
• таай јесте (taay ǰeste)
• таай јеҥе (taay ǰeŋe)

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “таай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
• V. verbickij, editor (1884), “таай”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *tāy.

Noun

таай • (taay)

1. maternal uncle

Etymology 2

From Mongolic.

Verb

таай • (taay)

1. (transitive) to guess

   таабырыны таай ― taabırını taay ― guess the riddle

2. (transitive or intransitive) to anticipate

   манна кэлиэ диэн таайабын ― manna kelie dien taayabın ― I have a feeling he'll come over here