nanka

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Japanese

Romanization

nanka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なんか

Kapampangan

Etymology

From nanu +‎ ka.

Interjection

nanka

  1. what's up?

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic + -ka.

Pronunciation

Noun

nanka f

  1. (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)

  1. a certain person, a particular person
    Nanka agenzire aha?Where has that person gone?
  2. 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