ᠵᠠᡴᠠ

Manchu

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa.qʰa]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tungusic *ǯiaka, compare Nanai дяка (ʒaka).

Noun

ᠵᠠᡴᠠ • (jaka)

1. (in general) thing; stuff; object

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

ᠵᠠᡴᠠ • (jaka)

1. crack; crevice

   ᡶᡠ
   ᡩᡝ
   ᠵᠠᡴᠠ
   ᠪᡳ᠉ ― fu de jaka bi. ― Walls have ears. (literally, “there are cracks on the wall.”)

2. nearby; vicinity; proximity

Derived terms

• ᠵᠠᡴᠠᡩᡝ (jakade)
• ᡨᡝᡵᡝ
  ᠵᠠᡴᠠ (tere jaka)

Particle

ᠵᠠᡴᠠ • (jaka)

1. (after the infinitive) Used to indicate an event, case, occasion, moment, or a specific period in time.
   • 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]:

     ᡥᡡᡩᠠᡳ
     ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ
     ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠨ
     ᡩᡝ
     ᡨᠠᡶᠠᠮᡝ
     ᠵᠠᡴᠠ᠈
     ᡝᠮᡠ
     ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᡨᠠ
     ᠪᡝ
     ᠰᠠᠪᡠᡶᡳ᠈
     ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠮᡝ
     ᠰᡝᠰᡠᠯᠠᡥᠠᡳ
     ᠪᡳ᠉

     hūdai niyalma dalan de tafame jaka, emu asihata be sabufi, tuwame sesulahai bi.

     When the businessman went ashore (lit, "at the time he went ashore"), he saw a young man. Seeing that, he was startled.