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Japanese
Romanization
nanka
- Rōmaji transcription of なんか
Kapampangan
Etymology
From nanu + ka.
Interjection
nanka
- what's up?
Polish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic + -ka.
Pronunciation
Noun
nanka f
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, endearing) Synonym of mama
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “nanka”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 305
Tooro
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /náːŋka/
Noun
nanka class 1a (plural baananka class 2a, augmentless only)
- a certain person, a particular person
- Nanka agenzire aha? ― Where has that person gone?
- someone, somebody
- Synonym: omuntu
- Haroho nanka. ― There is somebody here.
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 435-436