үгәй
Bashkir
Etymology
From *ögäy "step-", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ög (“mother”).
Cognate withOld Uyghur ögäj (“step-”);Tatar үги (ügi, “step-”),Kazakh өгей (ögey, “step-”),Kyrgyz өгөй (ögöy, “step-”),Southern Altai ӧй (öy, “step-”),Crimean Tatar ögey (“step-”),Uzbek oʻgay (“step-”),Uyghur ئوگەي (ogey, “step-”),Turkish üvey (“step-”),Khakas ӧӧй (ӧӧy, “step-”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʏˈɡæj]
- Hyphenation: ү‧гәй
Adjective
үгәй • (ügäy)
- (family) step-; used before атай (atay, “father”), әсәй (äsäy, “mother”) / инәй (inäy, “mother”), бала (bala, “child”), etc., to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.
- Әсәһе үлгәс, атаһы өйгә үгәй әсә алып ҡайтҡан.
- Äsähe ülgäs, atahï öygä ügäy äsä alïp qaytqan.
- When her mother died, her father brought a stepmother home.