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ᠵᠠᡴᠠ

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Manchu

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tungusic *ǯiaka, compare Nanai дяка (ʒaka).

Noun

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ᠵᠠᡴᠠ (jaka)

  1. (in general) thing; stuff; object

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

Noun

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ᠵᠠᡴᠠ (jaka)

  1. crack; crevice
    ᡶᡠ
    ᡩᡝ
    ᠵᠠᡴᠠ
    ᠪᡳ
    fu de jaka bi.Walls have ears. (literally, “there are cracks on the wall.”)
  2. nearby; vicinity; proximity
Derived terms
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Particle

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ᠵᠠᡴᠠ (jaka)

  1. (after the infinitive) Used to indicate an event, case, occasion, moment, or a specific period in time.
    • 1848, Pu Songling, translated by Jakdan, 擇飜聊齋志異/Sonjofi ubaliyambuha liyoo jai jy i bithe [Selected Short Stories by Liao Zhai in translation]:
      ᡥᡡᡩᠠᡳ
      ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ

      ᡩᠠᠯᠠᠨ
      ᡩᡝ
      ᡨᠠᡶᠠᠮᡝ
      ᠵᠠᡴᠠ
      ᡝᠮᡠ
      ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᡨᠠ
      ᠪᡝ
      ᠰᠠᠪᡠᡶᡳ᠈
      ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠮᡝ
      ᠰᡝᠰᡠᠯᠠᡥᠠᡳ
      ᠪᡳ᠉
      hūdai niyalma dalan de tafame jaka, emu asihata be sabufi, tuwame sesulahai bi.
      When the businessman went ashore (lit, "at the time he went ashore"), he saw a young man. Seeing that, he was startled.