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'''gay''' (''past'' '''tcek gayan''', ''future'' '''tcek gayu''', ''present continuous'' '''tcek gayev''')
'''gay''' (''past'' '''tcek gayan''', ''future'' '''tcek gayu''', ''present continuous'' '''tcek gayev''')


# to raise; increase
# (''intransitive'') to increase; grow
# to convey; transport
#: <small>Synonym:</small> [[vec]]
# (''transitive'') to convey; transport
# (''reflexive'') to get up; rise
# (''reflexive'') to get up; rise
#: <small>Synonym:</small> [[yavaj]]
#: <small>Synonym:</small> [[yavaj]]
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===Noun===
===Noun===
# rise; increase
# conveyance; transport
# conveyance; transport
# recovery; recuperation
# recovery; recuperation

Latest revision as of 03:31, 26 December 2024

Everestic

Etymology

From Proto-Everest gax (“to carry, bear”), from Proto-Woxec gex (“to pick up”). Cognate with Old Himalayan jox.

Pronunciation

Verb

gay (past tcek gayan, future tcek gayu, present continuous tcek gayev)

  1. (intransitive) to increase; grow
    Synonym: vec
  2. (transitive) to convey; transport
  3. (reflexive) to get up; rise
    Synonym: yavaj
    Tcek gayan tcanu yejon xuxun.
    I got up early today.
  4. (ergative, with ablative object) to recover (from)
    Tcek gayev jax tcanun djagavun.
    He is recovering from a knee injury.

Noun

  1. rise; increase
  2. conveyance; transport
  3. recovery; recuperation
Declension of gay (consonant-stem)
singular plural
nominative gay gayy
accusative gaya gayya
vocative gag gagu
dative gayu gagun
ablative gayan gagun
locative gayon gagun
instrumental gayev gayyev

Derived terms

  • gayay (“to gather, collect, forage”)

Descendants

  • Traveler's Himalayan: gow