санаа

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic. Compare to Mongolian санаа (sanaa), Yakut санаа (sanaa), etc.

Noun

санаа • (sanaa)

  1. thought

References

  • L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “санаа”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN, page 62

Yakut

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Mongolic language; otherwise it is hard to explain word initial /s/; compare Mongolian ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠬᠤ (sanaqu) / санах (sanax, to think). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sāna- (to think), from *sān (number, counting), from *sā- (to think, count). Cognate with Turkish say- (to count, regard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ.nɑː/, [sɑ̽.nɑ̝ː]
  • Hyphenation: са‧наа

Verb

санаа • (sanaa)

  1. (intransitive) to think
Conjugation
Declension Singular Plural
First санаабын (sanaabın) санаабыт (sanaabıt)
Second санааҕын (sanaağın) санааҕыт (sanaağıt)
Third санаар (sanaar) санааллар (sanaallar)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mongolic. Compare Mongolian ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (sanag-a) / санаа (sanaa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ.nɑː/, [sɑ̽.nɑ̝ː]
  • Hyphenation: са‧наа

Noun

санаа • (sanaa)

  1. thought
    Synonym: толкуй (tolkuy, thought, idea)
  2. goal, intention
    See synonyms at сорук (soruk).
  3. grief, mourning, sorrow, melancholy
Declension
Derived terms