ᠠᡳ

Manchu

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *xai (“interrogative stem”), *xia (“interrogative stem”). Cognate with Orok xai (“what”).

Compared to Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative stem”), Proto-Mongolic *ka- (“interrogative stem”), Kazakh қай (qai, “which”), Yakut хайа (qaya, “what”). See also Mongolian хаана (xaana, “where”), Kazakh қайда (qaida, “where”), Kazakh қашан (qaşan, “when”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ᠠᡳ • (ai)

  1. (interrogative) what
  • ᠠᡳᠨᠠᡵᠠ (ainara)
  • ᠠᡳᠨᡠ (ainu)
  • ᠠᡳᠪᡳᡩᡝ (aibide)
  • ᠠᡳᠪᡳᡩᡝᡵᡳ (aibideri)
  • ᠠᡳᠰᡝᠮᡝ (aiseme)
  • ᠠᡳᠴᡳ (aici)
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