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xay

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See also: xây

Pacoh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Katuic *saj, *psaj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Eastern Bru pasâi, Semai ba'heeq, Jehai bhiʔ, Bahnar phĭ, Khmu [Cuang] biʔ, Mon ဖဲ.

For some other cases where Pacoh (and Katuic in general) has /s/ while other Austroasiatic languages have /h/, see also kixay (moon), pixay (otter). Although Shorto (2006) chiefly reconstructed these cognate sets with *h, Katuic is probably conservative, with other branches underwent debuccalization.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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xay 

  1. (of stomach) full; sated

South Slavey

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Cognates include Navajo hai and Dogrib xo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [xàj]
  • Hyphenation: xay

Noun

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xay (stem -ghay-)

  1. winter
  2. (+ numeral) year

Inflection

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References

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  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *tʃeː (to grind, to husk rice). Related to chày.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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xay (𢴘)

  1. to grind; to crush; to pulverize

Derived terms

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Derived terms

Yámana

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Pronoun

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xay

  1. I