хайа

Yakut

Etymology 1

From earlier *qaya, from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya. Cognate with Dolgan кайа, Turkish kaya (“rock”).

Noun

хайа • (qaya)

1. (geography) mountain

   Antonym: толоон (toloon, “valley”)

Derived terms

• хайа хараҥаччыта (qaya qarañaccıta, “Pacific swift”)
• хайа хаспаҕа (qaya qaspağa, “cave”)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative stem”). Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (kayū, “what, which”). Related to Turkish hangi.

Determiner

хайа • (qaya)

1. (interrogative) what, which