кайа

See also: қайа

Dolgan

Dolgan кайа
Sakha хайа

Etymology

From earlier *qaya, from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya. Cognate with Yakut хайа (qaya), Turkish kaya (rock).

Noun

кайа • (kaya)

  1. (geography) mountain

Northern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kanlayu, Proto-Turkic *ka-.

Adverb

кайа • (kaya)

  1. where, why

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya. Cognate to Khakas хая (xaya), Shor қайа (qaya), Tuvan хая (xaya), etc.

Noun

кайа • (kaya)

  1. rock, cliff

References

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “кайа”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (cliff). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, rock); Old Uyghur [script needed] (kaya); Bashkir ҡая (qaya, rock, cliff), Crimean Tatar qaya (rock, cliff), Kumyk къая (qaya), Azerbaijani qaya (rock),Turkish kaya, Turkmen gaýa (rock, cliff),Uzbek qoya (rock, cliff), Khakas хая (xaya, rock), Shor қайа, Tuvan хая (xaya, rock), Yakut хайа (qaya, mountain), etc.

Noun

кайа • (kaya)

  1. rock, cliff

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кайа”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN