sanki
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
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
- as if (as to suggest that)
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aŋki
- Syllabification: san‧ki
Noun
sanki nvir pl (diminutive saneczki)
- diminutive of sanie
- toboggan, sledge, sled
- (photography) hot shoe
- Synonym: gorąca stopka
- (Near Masovian) lower jaw in foals
Declension
Declension of sanki
Derived terms
noun
- sankarz
verb
- sankować impf
Related terms
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)
- 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
- 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