ᠠᡳᡴᠠ

Manchu

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ai.qʰa]

Conjunction

ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)

1. if; in case; supposing
   • 1765, Wang Shipu, translated by Wang Dexin, Si siyang gi bithe [Romance of the Western Chamber]:

     ᡶᡠ
     ᡰᡝᠨ
     ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
     ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᠴᡳ᠈
     ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
     ᠰᠠᡴᡩᠠ
     ᡥᡡᠸᠠᡧᠠᠨ
     ᡩᡝ
     ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠨ
     ᠣᠮᠪᡳ
     ᠰᡝ᠉

     fu žen aika fonjici, damu sakda hūwašan de niyaman ombi se.

     If madam asks (about you), just say that you are a relative of the old monk.

Pronoun

ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)

1. (interrogative) what
2. something; anything
   • 1802, Yihing, 庸言知旨/An i gisun de amtan be sara bithe:

     ᠴᡝ
     ᠮᡠᠰᡝ ᡳ
     ᡠᠪᠠᡩᡝ
     ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
     ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
     ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᡥᠠᠣ᠉

     ce muse-i ubade aika seme fonjihao.

     Did they ask anything about our place here?

Adverb

ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)

1. presumably; probably; seems as if
   • 1848, Pu Songling, translated by Jakdan, 擇飜聊齋志異/Sonjofi ubaliyambuha liyoo jai jy i bithe [Selected Short Stories by Liao Zhai in translation]:

     ᡥᠣ
     ᡧᡝᠩ
     ᡤᡠᠰᡠᠴᡠᠮᡝ
     ᠠᠯᡳᡧᠠᡥᠠᡳ᠈
     ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
     ᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠪᡠᡥᠠ
     ᡤᡝᠰᡝ᠉

     ho šeng gusucume ališahai, aika waliyabuha gese.

     He Sheng was unhappy; it seemed as if he lost (something).

   • 1894, Wan Fu, 重刻清文虚字指南編/Dasame foloho manju gisun i untuhun hergen i temgetu jorin bithe [Reprinted Guide Book of Manchu Function Words]:

     ᡝᡵᡝ
     ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
     ᠪᡝ
     ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
     ᡳᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠮᡝ
     ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ ᡳ
     ᡤᡝᠰᡝ᠉

     ere baita be aika icihiyame muterakū-i gese.

     It seems that this thing could not be done.

2. (rhetorical question) indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...