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Manchu
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)
- if; in case; supposing
Pronoun
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)
- (interrogative) what
- something; anything
1802, Yihing, 庸言知旨/An i gisun de amtan be sara bithe:ᠴᡝ
ᠮᡠᠰᡝ ᡳ
ᡠᠪᠠᡩᡝ
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᡥᠠᠣ᠉- ce muse-i ubade aika seme fonjihao.
- Did they ask anything about our place here?
Adverb
ᠠᡳᡴᠠ • (aika)
- presumably; probably; seems as if
1848, Pu Songling, translated by Jakdan, 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᠉- ere baita be aika icihiyame muterakū-i gese.
- It seems that this thing could not be done.
- (rhetorical question) indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...