demäk

Gagauz

Etymology

By surface analysis, de- +‎ -mäk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈmæc/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mäk

Noun

demäk (definite accusative demeyä, plural demelär)

  1. tale, story
  2. expression, saying
    bir demäk
    for example
    nicä var bir demäk
    as they say
    (literally, “there is a saying”)

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “демäк”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 137
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