намыһах
Yakut
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Mongolian нам (nam, “low”).
Adjective
намыһах • (namıhax)
- (literally or figurative) low
- намыһах остуол ― namıhax ostuol ― a low table
- намыһах култуура ― namıhax kultuura ― low culture
- short (of stature)
- намыһах уҥуохтаах киһи ― namıhax uŋuoxtaax kihi ― a person of short stature
- Synonym: кылгас (kılgas, “short (not long)”)
- Antonyms: үрдүк (ürdük, “high, tall”), уһун (uhun, “long, tall”)
- shallow, superficial
- намыһах билии ― namıhax bilii ― shallow / superficial knowledge
- Synonym: чычаас (çıçaas)
- Antonym: дириҥ (diriŋ, “deep, profound”)