ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
Manchu
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ai.qʰa]
Conjunction
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)
- if; in case; supposing
- 1765, Wang Shipu, Wang Dexin, transl., Si siyang gi bithe [Romance of the Western Chamber]:
- ᡶᡠ
ᡰᡝᠨ
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᠴᡳ᠈
ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
ᠰᠠᡴᡩᠠ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᡧᠠᠨ
ᡩᡝ
ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠨ
ᠣᠮᠪᡳ
ᠰᡝ᠉- fu žen aika fonjici, damu sakda hūwašan de niyaman ombi se.
- If madam asks (about you), just say that you are a relative of the old monk.
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Pronoun
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)
- (interrogative) what
- something; anything
- 1802, Yihing, 庸言知旨/An i gisun de amtan be sara bithe:
- ᠴᡝ
ᠮᡠᠰᡝ ᡳ
ᡠᠪᠠᡩᡝ
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᡥᠠᠣ᠉- ce muse i ubade aika seme fonjihao.
- Did they ask anything about our place here?
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Adverb
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)
- presumably; probably; seems as if
- 1848, Pu Songling, Jakdan, transl., 擇飜聊齋志異/Sonjofi ubaliyambuha liyoo jai jy i bithe [Selected Short Stories by Liao Zhai in translation]:
- ᡥᠣ
ᡧᡝᠩ
ᡤᡠᠰᡠᠴᡠᠮᡝ
ᠠᠯᡳᡧᠠᡥᠠᡳ᠈
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
ᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠪᡠᡥᠠ
ᡤᡝᠰᡝ᠉- ho šeng gusucume ališahai, aika waliyabuha gese.
- He Sheng was unhappy; it seemed as if he lost (something).
- 1894, Wan Fu, 重刻清文虚字指南編/Dasame foloho manju gisun i untuhun hergen i temgetu jorin bithe [Reprinted Guide Book of Manchu Function Words]:
- ᡝᡵᡝ
ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
ᠪᡝ
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
ᡳᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠮᡝ
ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ ᡳ
ᡤᡝᠰᡝ᠉- ere baita be aika icihiyame muterakū i gese.
- It seems that this thing could not be done.
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- (rhetorical question) indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...