ᠠᡳ
Manchu
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *xai (“interrogative stem”), *xia (“interrogative stem”). Cognate with Orok xai (“what”).
Compared to Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative stem”), Proto-Mongolic *ka- (“interrogative stem”), Kazakh қай (qai, “which”), Yakut хайа (xaya, “what”). See also Mongolian хаана (xaana, “where”), Kazakh қайда (qaida, “where”), Kazakh қашан (qaşan, “when”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ai]
Pronoun
ᠠᡳ • (ai)
- (interrogative) what
Related terms
- ᠠᡳᠨᠠᡵᠠ (ainara)
- ᠠᡳᠨᡠ (ainu)
- ᠠᡳᠪᡳᡩᡝ (aibide)
- ᠠᡳᠪᡳᡩᡝᡵᡳ (aibideri)
- ᠠᡳᠰᡝᠮᡝ (aiseme)
- ᠠᡳᠴᡳ (aici)