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Webster 1828 Edition


Chay

CHAY

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Noun.
Chaya-root; the root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, used in dyeing red.

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chay

chay

See also: cháy, chày, chấy, chảy, and chạy

English

Noun

chay (plural chays)

  1. The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.

Ch'orti'

Noun

chay

  1. fish

References

  • Hull, Kerry (2005) An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian [Term?].

Noun

chay m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גאיי)

  1. tea

Manx

Noun

chay f

  1. Lenited form of kay.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
kay chay gay
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Quechua

Determiner

chay

  1. (medial) that

See also


Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (“vegetarian; SV: trai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

chay

  1. vegetarian
  2. plain (without flavouring)
  3. without manure