даа

Chechen

Verb

даа • (daa)

1. to eat

Ingush

Verb

даа • (daa)

1. to eat

Mongolian

Particle

даа • (daa)

1. Final intensifying particle; emphatic particle.

   Тэг л дээ ― Teg l dee ― Do it, then!

   Амттай биз дээ? ― Amttaj biz dee? ― Tastes good, doesn't it?

Inflection

Tuvan

Etymology 1

Cognate with Khakas даа (daa), таа (taa), дее (dee), тее (tee); Shor да, та, Yakut да (da); Southern Altai да (da), та (ta), де (de), те (te), ; Kazakh да (da), де (de); etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɐː/

Particle

даа • (daa) (emphatic)

1. (in the form …-даа, …-даа) both … and … (affirmatively); neither … nor … (negatively)
2. (after a conditional verb) even if

Derived terms

• кым-даа (kım-daa, “everyone”)
• чүү-даа (çüü-daa, “everything”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠳ᠋ᠠ (da, “chief”), from Manchu ᡩᠠ (da, “chief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɐː/

Noun

даа • (daa) (definite accusative дааны, plural даалар)

1. short for үгер-даа (üger-daa, “appointed chief of a banner”)

Yakut

Etymology

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Particle

даа • (daa)

1. At the beginning of a sentence, expresses general, noncommittal agreement.

   даа, даа ... ― daa, daa ... ― yes, yes ...

2. At the end of a sentence, forms a counter-question where a "yes" is expected. Can be translated variously as "isn't it", "you say", and so on. Similar to Japanese ね (ね).

   бараллар даа? ― barallar daa? ― they're leaving, aren't they?

See also

• да (da)