demäk

Gagauz

Etymology

By surface analysis, de- +‎ -mäk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈmæc/
• Hyphenation: de‧mäk

Noun

demäk (definite accusative demeyä, plural demelär)

1. tale, story
2. expression, saying

   bir demäk

   for example

   nicä var bir demäk

   as they say

   (literally, “there is a saying”)

Further reading

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “демäк”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 137