ᡴᠠᠪᠠ

Manchu

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qʰa.pa]

Adjective

ᡴᠠᠪᠠ • (kaba)

1. (attributive) twin; double
   • 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]:

     ᡤᡝᠯᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡠ
     ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ
     ᡶᡠᠨᠴᡝᡶᡳ᠈
     ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
     ᠵᡠᡳ
     ᡴᠠᠪᠠ
     ᠵᡠᡳ
     ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᡶᡳ᠈
     ᡥᠠᡥᠠ
     ᠵᡠᡳ
     ᠰᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
     ᠵᡠᡳ
     ᠮᡝᡳᠮᡝᠨᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡨᡝ᠉

     geli emu aniya funcefi, sargan jui kaba jui banjifi, haha jui sargan jui meimeni emte.

     After more than one year, the woman gave birth to twins (literally, "twin children"), one was a boy and another a girl.