Nanai

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Tungusic *ǯiaka, compare Manchu ᠵᠠᡴᠠ (jaka) and Manchu ᠵᡳᡥᠠ (jiha). Doublet of диха (ʒiha).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaka/
  • Hyphenation: дя‧ка

Noun

edit

дяка (ʒaka)

  1. thing
  2. issue
  3. being
  4. valuable

References

edit
  • S. N. Onenko (1980) “дяка”, in V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Русский язык

Ukrainian

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Old Ruthenian дѧ́ка (djáka).

Noun

edit

дя́ка (djákaf inan (genitive дя́ки, uncountable)

  1. thanks, gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness
  2. (obsolete) will

Declension

edit
edit

Further reading

edit