хий

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xi. Cognates include Bats ხი (xi) and Chechen хи (xi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiː/

хий • (xii) class dd

1. water
2. river

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Malʹsagov, Zaurbek K. (1925), Ингушская грамматика [Ingush Grammar]‎^[1] (in Russian), 1nd edition, Vladikavkaz: Printing house Svet, page 218
• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “хий”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 160b
• Bekova, A. I.; et al. (2009), “хий”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 710a

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *pʰiˤjʌ (“stick in, drive into”, infinitive verb).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /⁴hij/, [hiç˥˩]

хий (hìj) (action nominal)

1. pitching, the act of pitching; setting up, the act of setting up (a tent)
2. sticking, the act of sticking (a stick or stake into the ground in vertical position)

• Central and Northern Ket varieties use хиие (hìːje) instead.

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 314-315
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 183

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠡᠢ (kei), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠡᠢ (kei), from Proto-Mongolic *kei.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiː/
• Syllabification: хий (1 syllable)

хий • (xii) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠡᠢ (kei))

1. air, gas, atmosphere, bubble

• хөөс (xöös)

хий • (xii) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠡᠢ (kei))

1. empty