хаал

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Yakut

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kiāl-, compare Turkish kalmak.

Verb

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хаал (qaal)

  1. (intransitive) to stay, to remain
    Synonym: орт (ort, to remain, to be left over)
    Antonyms: бар (bar), таҕыс (tağıs)
  2. (after the -ан form of a verb) to do something consistently or continuously, to keep or end up doing something
    Antonym: түс (tüs)
    уот умайан хааллаuot umayan qaallathe fire kept burning

Usage notes

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The second sense is found elsewhere in the world. Compare "he stay working" (and the similar expression "he steady working") in Black English, as well as the development of the progressive aspect in the Romance languages (ultimately from Latin stō (I stand, I stay)).