sanki

See also: sänki and śańki

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Univerbation of san +‎ ki, literally assume that. Compare elə bil ki (literally know thus), which also uses an imperative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑn.ki/
  • Hyphenation: san‧ki
  • Audio:(file)

Conjunction

sanki

  1. as if (as to suggest that)
    Synonyms: elə bil, elə bil ki

Descendants

  • Armenian: սանքի (sankʻi), սաքի (sakʻi)
  • Georgian: საჲქი (sayki) (chiefly Ingiloy dialect)

Further reading

  • sanki” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Univerbation of san +‎ ki. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑn.ki/
  • Hyphenation: san‧ki

Conjunction

sanki

  1. as if (as to suggest that)

Polish

Etymology

From sanie +‎ -ki.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaŋ.ki/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋki
  • Syllabification: san‧ki

Noun

sanki nvir pl (diminutive saneczki)

  1. diminutive of sanie
  2. toboggan, sledge, sled
  3. (photography) hot shoe
    Synonym: gorąca stopka
  4. (Near Masovian) lower jaw in foals

Declension

Derived terms

noun
  • sankarz
verb
  • sankować impf
adjectives
  • saneczkarski
  • saneczkowy
  • sanny
verb
  • saneczkować impf

Further reading

  • sanki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sanki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “sanki”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 369

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saŋˈkiʔ/ [sɐŋˈkɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: san‧ki

Noun

sankî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)

  1. obsolete spelling of sangke

Turkish

Etymology

Univerbation of san +‎ ki, literally assume that.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.ci/, [ˈsaɲ.ci]
  • Hyphenation: san‧ki

Conjunction

sanki

  1. as if, like
    • 2010 July 28, “Öp [Kiss]”, in Adımı Kalbine Yaz [Write My Name on Your Heart], performed by Tarkan:
      Cennetten gelen bir melekti sanki
      As if she was an angel who came from heaven

Further reading

  • sanki”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu