санаа

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from a Mongolic language; otherwise it is hard to explain word initial /s/; compare Mongolian санаа (sanaa, “thought”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sāna- (“to think”), from *sān (“number, counting”), from *sā- (“to think, count”). Cognate with Turkish say- (“to count, regard”).

Noun

санаа • (sanaa)

1. thought

   Synonym: толкуй (tolkuy, “thought, idea”)

2. goal, intention

   See synonyms at сорук (soruk).

3. grief, mourning, sorrow, melancholy

Derived terms

• эр санаа (er sanaa, “courage”)
• өй-санаа (öy-sanaa, “consciousness, mind”)
• санаа-оноо (sanaa-onoo, “sadness”)
• санааҕа түс (sanaağa tüs, “to grieve”)
• санаарҕаа (sanaarğaa, “to be sad, to grieve”)

Verb

санаа • (sanaa)

1. (intransitive) to think

Synonyms

• толкуйдаа (tolkuydaa, “to think”)

Derived terms

• санат (sanat, “to remind, to resemble”)