From earlier*qaya, fromProto-Turkic*k(i)aya. Cognate withDolganкайа,Turkishkaya(“rock”).

хайа• (qaya)

1. (geography)mountain

   Antonym:толоон(toloon,“valley”)

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

Perhaps fromProto-Turkic*ka-(“interrogative stem”). Cognate withKarakhanid[script needed](kayū,“what, which”). Related toTurkishhangi.

хайа• (qaya)

1. (interrogative)what,which

• Yakut terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
• Yakut terms derived from Proto-Turkic
• Yakut lemmas
• Yakut nouns
• sah:Geography
• Yakut determiners
• sah:Landforms

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