ᱫᱟᱜ

Santali

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [dak̚ʔ]

Noun

ᱫᱟᱜ • (dak’)

1. water
2. rain
3. climate

Declension

Declension of ᱫᱟᱜ

		singular	dual	plural
nominative		ᱫᱟᱜ (dak’)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱ (dak’kin)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚ (dak’ko)
genitive	animate possessed	ᱫᱟᱜᱨᱮᱱ (dak’ren)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱨᱮᱱ (dak’kinren)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱨᱮᱱ (dak’koren)
	inanimate possessed	ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱜ (dak’ak'), ᱫᱟᱜᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ (dak’reyak')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱟᱜ (dak’kinak'), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ (dak’kinreyak')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱟᱜ (dak’koak'), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ (dak’koreyak')
comitative		ᱫᱟᱜᱴᱷᱮᱱ (dak’ṭhen), ᱫᱟᱜᱴᱷᱮᱡ (dak’ṭhec')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱴᱷᱮᱱ (dak’kinṭhen), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱴᱷᱮᱡ (dak’kinṭhec')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱴᱷᱮᱱ (dak’koṭhen), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱴᱷᱮᱡ (dak’koṭhec')
instrumental-locative		ᱫᱟᱜᱛᱮ (dak’te)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱛᱮ (dak’kinte)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱛᱮ (dak’kote)
sociative		ᱫᱟᱜᱥᱟᱶ (dak’saw̃)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱥᱟᱶ (dak’kinsaw̃)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱥᱟᱶ (dak’kosaw̃)
allative		ᱫᱟᱜᱥᱮᱱ (dak’sen), ᱫᱟᱜᱥᱮᱡ (dak’sec')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱥᱮᱱ (dak’kinsen), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱥᱮᱡ (dak’kinsec')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱥᱮᱱ (dak’kosen), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱥᱮᱡ (dak’kosec')
ablative		ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱷᱚᱱ (dak’khon), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱷᱚᱡ (dak’khoc')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱠᱷᱚᱱ (dak’kinkhon), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱠᱷᱚᱡ (dak’kinkhoc')	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱠᱷᱚᱱ (dak’kokhon), ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱠᱷᱚᱡ (dak’kokhoc')
locative		ᱫᱟᱜᱨᱮ (dak’re)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱤᱱᱨᱮ (dak’kinre)	ᱫᱟᱜᱠᱚᱨᱮ (dak’kore)

Verb

ᱫᱟᱜ • (dak’)

1. to rain

   ᱫᱟᱜ ᱮᱫ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱡ ᱾

   dak’ et’ tahẽc’ .

   It was raining.

References

• 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