Saying goodbye

Words on this page
baıbaı	interj. bye-bye; informal
shaıdı	interj. goodbye
shaıhıo	v. bid sb farewell
oka	interj. leaving for a while
junı	interj. see you in a while
koıka	interj. leaving for longer
reına	interj. see you around

Various bye-bye scenarios.

There are several ways to say goodbye in Toaq.

• It's never wrong to say 󱚲󱚺󱛎󱚹󱚲󱚺󱛎󱚹 baıbaı or 󱛀󱚺󱛎󱚹󱚶󱚹 shaıdı, for example when you're parting ways or hanging up the phone.
  • More lengthily, you can say 󱛀󱚺󱛎󱚹󱛆󱚹󱛍󱛃 󱛄󱚺 Shaıhıo ka or 󱛀󱚺󱛎󱚹󱛆󱚹󱛍󱛃 󱚾󱛊󱚹 󱚺󱛊󱚲󱛂 󱛄󱚺 Shaıhıo jí súq ka (I hereby bid you farewell).
  • There's also the silly 󱚾󱚺󱚶󱚹󱛃󱚹󱛂 jadıgıq (which is like "unhello").
  • Also, some people say 󱚾󱚺󱚶󱚹 jadı in all circumstances, even when taking leave.
• When you're heading out for a while but you'll return soon, you say 󱛅󱛃󱛄󱚺 oka "I'm heading out!" and the other person says 󱚾󱚲󱚵󱚹 junı "see you soon!"
• When you're leaving for a long journey, you say 󱛄󱛃󱛍󱚹󱛄󱚺 koıka "farewell" and the other person says 󱚻󱚴󱛎󱚹󱚵󱚺 reına "I'll miss you, be safe, take care".