Manchu
FWOTD – 8 September 2020
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Jurchen (*da), from Proto-Tungusic *daga (“root”).
Noun
ᡩᠠ • (da) (plural ᡩᠠᡨᠠ)
- root, foot, source, origin
- head, chief, ringleader
ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ ᡳ
ᡩᠠ
ᡨᡠ᠋ᠰᠣᡴᡠᡵᡩᡝ᠋ᠩᡤᡳ[1]- gašan-i da tusokurdenggi
- chief of the village Tusokurdenggi
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Classical Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠠ (da), ᠳ᠋ᠠᠠ (da-a)
- Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠠ (da)
- Cyrillic script: даа (daa), да (da)
- → Buryat: даа (daa)
- → Tuvan: даа (daa)
- → Daur: daa
Adjective
ᡩᠠ • (da)
- original
Adverb
ᡩᠠ • (da)
- originally
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ᡩᠠ • (da)
- A unit of measurement.
Etymology 3
Classifier
ᡩᠠ • (da)
- A generic classifier.
Etymology 4
Verb
ᡩᠠ • (da)
- imperative of ᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (dambi)
References
- ^ 『カラフトナヨロ惣乙名文書』第二文書 北海道大学付属図書館蔵 乾隆四十年三月二十日(1775), Karafuto Nayoro Documents, No.2 Document (In Manchu language), a document in which a Chinese Qing Dynasty local official (the Deputy lieutenant-general of Ningguta) urged the Sakhalin Ainu chief to tribute.