FromProto-Tungusic*xa-(“interrogative stem”). Cognate withOrokxai(“what”).

Compared toProto-Turkic*ka-(“interrogative stem”),Proto-Mongolic*ka-(“interrogative stem”),Kazakhқай(qai,“which”),Yakutхайа(qaya,“what”). See alsoMongolianхаана(xaana,“where”),Kazakhқайда(qaida,“where”),Kazakhқашан(qaşan,“when”).(Canthis⁽⁺⁾ etymology besourced?)

• (standard)IPA^(key): [äi]

ᠠᡳ• (ai)

1. (interrogative)what

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