ᠠᡳᡴᠠ

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ai.qʰa]

ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)

1. if; in case; supposing

   1765, Wang Shipu, Wang Dexin, transl., Si siyang gi bithe [Romance of the Western Chamber]:

   ᡶᡠ
   ᡰᡝᠨ
   ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
   ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᠴᡳ᠈
   ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
   ᠰᠠᡴᡩᠠ
   ᡥᡡᠸᠠᡧᠠᠨ
   ᡩᡝ
   ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠨ
   ᠣᠮᠪᡳ
   ᠰᡝ᠉

   fu žen aika fonjici, damu sakda hūwašan de niyaman ombi se.

   If madam asks (about you), just say that you are a relative of the old monk.

ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)

1. (interrogative) what
2. something; anything

   1802, Yihing, 庸言知旨/An i gisun de amtan be sara bithe:

   ᠴᡝ
   ᠮᡠᠰᡝ ᡳ
   ᡠᠪᠠᡩᡝ
   ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
   ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
   ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᡥᠠᠣ᠉

   Did they ask anything about our place here?

ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)

1. presumably; probably; seems as if
   • 1848, Pu Songling, Jakdan, transl., 擇飜聊齋志異/Sonjofi ubaliyambuha liyoo jai jy i bithe [Selected Short Stories by Liao Zhai in translation]:

     ᡥᠣ
     ᡧᡝᠩ
     ᡤᡠᠰᡠᠴᡠᠮᡝ
     ᠠᠯᡳᡧᠠᡥᠠᡳ᠈
     ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
     ᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠪᡠᡥᠠ
     ᡤᡝᠰᡝ᠉

     ho šeng gusucume ališahai, aika waliyabuha gese.

     He Sheng was unhappy; it seemed as if he lost (something).

   1894, Wan Fu, 重刻清文虚字指南編/Dasame foloho manju gisun i untuhun hergen i temgetu jorin bithe [Reprinted Guide Book of Manchu Function Words]:

   ᡝᡵᡝ
   ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
   ᠪᡝ
   ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
   ᡳᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠮᡝ
   ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ ᡳ
   ᡤᡝᠰᡝ᠉

   It seems that this thing could not be done.

2. (rhetorical question) indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...