sanağusı

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sāna-. Cognate to Azerbaijani sanmaq, Gagauz sanmaa, Turkish sanmak, Turkmen sānamak.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /sɑnɑ(ʁusɨ)/

Verb

sanağusı

  1. to count, calculate
    U heli saniba(r).
    He is counting the money.
  2. to consider, regard as
    Men anı yaxşi bala-or ir-a di sanabur.
    I consider him as a good boy.
  3. to divine, tell fortune
    U sanaq saniba(r).
    He is divining.

Derived terms

  • sanalğusı
  • sanaq
  • sanaqci
  • sanatğusı
  • sanaşğusı

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “sanağusı”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 479
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “sanağusı”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 59
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “sanağusı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 156
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “sanağusı”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 246
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “sanağusı”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 288