Contionary:gay

Everestic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gəɣ/

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