могай
{pronoun} {adjective} {particle} [Generate paradigm] 1. what sort of, what kind of, what
♢ таче могай числа? {sentence} what's the date today?
♢ могай адрес дене тыйым кычал муам? {sentence} under what address will I find you?
♢ могай ийготан? {sentence} how old?
♢ могай корнышко? {sentence} in what direction?
♢ могай суммыжо? {sentence} how large is the amount?
♢ могай верым таҥасымаште налынат? {sentence} what place did you take in the competition?
♢ могай верыш таҥасымаште лектынат? {sentence} what place did you take in the competition?
♢ могай сату чонетлан келша, тугайым нал {sentence} buy whatever goods suit you
♦ могай велым мардеж пуалеш {phrase} (s)he knows which way the wind blows, (s)he changes with the tide
♦ могай карме пурлын? {phrase} what's eating him/her?, what's eating him/her?, what's bugging him/her?, what has come over him/her?
♦ могай мардеж конден? {phrase} what wind brought him/her there?, what brought him/her there?
♦ могай мардеж савырен конден {phrase} what wind brought him/her there?, what brought him/her there?
♦ могай сын дене? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ могай чурий дене? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ могай шинча дене? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ могай шӱргӧ дене? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ могай шыҥа пурлын? {phrase} what's eating him/her?, what's eating him/her?, what's bugging him/her?, what has come over him/her?
♦ могай юмо конден {phrase} how is it possible?, how can it be? where on earth did (s)he/it come from?
♦ могай улмым ончыктышо корно {noun} {computing} status bar
♦ могай илышкыл гыч лекме {adjective} social origin
2. such, what (intensification)
♢ могай йоча! {sentence} oh, how big the child is!
♢ могай шинча! {sentence} what eyes!
3. what kind of, what sort of (expressing doubt, denial, used in retorts etc.)
♢ могай тудо палыше? {sentence} what kind of expert is (s)he?, do you call him/her an expert?
--"PARENT"--> мо
--"PARENT"--> гай