ᱫᱟᱜ
Santali edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Munda *daːˀk (“water”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːk (“water”). Cognates include Mundari दाः (dāḥ), Ho 𑣔𑣁𑣄 (daʔ), Khmer ទឹក (tik) and Vietnamese nước.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ᱫᱟᱜ • (dak’)
Verb edit
ᱫᱟᱜ • (dak’)
- to rain
- ᱫᱟᱜ ᱮᱫ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱡ ᱾
- Dak’ et’ tahẽc’.
- It was raining.
References edit
- Byomkes Chakrabarti, A comparative study of Santali and Bengali (1994) (as
dak'
) - ᱫᱟᱜ in A Concise English-Santali Dictionary (2003), Hansdah, Ramesh Chandra; Murmu, Naresh Chandra