sanki

See also: sänki and śańki

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Univerbation of san +‎ ki, literally “assume that”. Compare elə bil ki (literally “know thus”), which also uses an imperative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑn.ki/
• Hyphenation: san‧ki

• Audio:

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Conjunction

sanki

1. as if (as to suggest that)

   Synonyms: elə bil, elə bil ki

Descendants

• → Armenian: սանքի (sankʻi), սաքի (sakʻi)
• → Georgian: საჲქი (sayki) (chiefly Ingiloy dialect)

Further reading

• “sanki” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Univerbation of san +‎ ki. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑn.ki/
• Hyphenation: san‧ki

Conjunction

sanki

1. as if (as to suggest that)

Polish

sanki

Etymology

From sanie +‎ -ki.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋ.ki/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋ.ki/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋki
• Syllabification: san‧ki

Noun

sanki nvir pl (diminutive saneczki)

1. diminutive of sanie
2. toboggan, sledge, sled
3. (photography) hot shoe

   Synonym: gorąca stopka

4. (Near Masovian) lower jaw in foals

Declension

Declension of sanki

	plural
nominative	sanki
genitive	sanek
dative	sankom
accusative	sanki
instrumental	sankami
locative	sankach
vocative	sanki

Derived terms

(noun):

• sankarz

(verb):

• sankować impf

Related terms

(adjectives):

• saneczkarski
• saneczkowy
• sanny

(nouns):

• aerosanie
• saneczkarka
• saneczkarstwo
• saneczkarz
• sanie
• sań

(verb):

• saneczkować impf

Further reading

• sanki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sanki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “sanki”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 369

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saŋˈkiʔ/ [sɐŋˈkiʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: san‧ki

Noun

sankî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)

1. Obsolete spelling of sangke.

Turkish

Etymology

Univerbation of san +‎ ki, literally “assume that”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.ci/, [ˈsaɲ.ci]
• Hyphenation: san‧ki

Conjunction

sanki

1. as if, like
   • 2010 July 28, “Öp [Kiss]”, in Adımı Kalbine Yaz [Write My Name on Your Heart], performed by Tarkan:

     Cennetten gelen bir melekti sanki

     As if she was an angel who came from heaven

Further reading

• “sanki”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu