दाः

See also: दै, , and दो

Birhor

Etymology

From Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːk, whence also the following terms in other Munda languages: Mundari दाः (dāḥ) Juang ଡକ୍, Santali ᱫᱟᱜ (dak’). Compare Car Nicobarese mak and Vietnamese nước.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [daʔ]

Noun

दाः (daʔ)

  1. water

Mundari

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɗaːk, whence also the following terms in other Munda languages: Bodo Gadaba daʔ, Bondo daʔ, Korku daʔ, Kharia dak, Korwa dak, Juang ଡକ୍, Santali ᱫᱟᱜ (dak’). Compare Car Nicobarese mak, Vietnamese nước, Sanskrit दक (daka).

Noun

दाः (dāḥ)

  1. water

References

  • Johann Hoffmann, Mundari Grammar (1903) dá
  • Manindra Bhusan Bhaduri, A Mundari-English Dictionary (1931) dā
  • Toshiki Osada, Madhu Purti, Nishaant Choksi, and Nathan Badenoch, A Course in Mundari: daˀ (but where /a/ is described as being the low central unrounded vowel)

Newar

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-da.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [daː]

Noun

दाः • (dā:? (Newa Spelling 𑐡𑐵𑑅)

  1. fat