ᡩᠠ

Manchu

FWOTD – 8 September 2020

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Etymology 1

From Jurchen (*da), from Proto-Tungusic *daga (“root”).

Noun

ᡩᠠ • (da) (plural ᡩᠠᡨᠠ)

1. root, foot, source, origin
2. head, chief, ringleader
   • ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ ᡳ
     ᡩᠠ
     ᡨᡠ᠋ᠰᠣᡴᡠᡵᡩᡝ᠋ᠩᡤᡳ

     chief of the village Tusokurdenggi

Derived terms

• ᡠᡥᡝᡵᡳ
  ᡩᠠ (uheri da)
• ᡩᠠ
  ᠯᠠᠮᠠ (da lama)

Descendants

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠳ᠋ᠠ (da)
  • Mongolian:

    Mongolian script: ᠳ᠋ᠠ (da)

    Cyrillic script: даа (daa)

  • → Tuvan: даа (daa)
• → Daur: daa

Adjective

ᡩᠠ • (da)

1. original

Adverb

ᡩᠠ • (da)

1. originally

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ᡩᠠ • (da)

1. A unit of measurement.

Etymology 3

Classifier

ᡩᠠ • (da)

1. A generic classifier.

Etymology 4

Verb

ᡩᠠ • (da)

1. imperative of ᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (dambi)