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Borrowed from Korstek ''čakňa'', which is a calque of the English ''chairman'': čak (chair) + ňa (man). However, unlike in English, it is gender neutral. | Borrowed from Korstek ''čakňa'', which is a calque of the English ''chairman'': čak (chair) + ňa (man). However, unlike in English, it is gender neutral. | ||
Čak is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''* | Čak is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''*tšʷakʰ'' (stone, a place to sit). | ||
Ňa is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''*níā'' (man), from root ''*ní'' (having to do with people). | Ňa is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic ''*níā'' (man), from root ''*ní'' (having to do with people). | ||
Revision as of 01:52, 28 June 2014
Knašta
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Korstek čakňa, which is a calque of the English chairman: čak (chair) + ňa (man). However, unlike in English, it is gender neutral.
Čak is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic *tšʷakʰ (stone, a place to sit).
Ňa is from the Proto-Indo-Korinthic *níā (man), from root *ní (having to do with people).
Pronunciation
(Knašta) IPA: /tʃækɲa/
Noun
čakňa
- chairman, chairwoman, chairperson
- Íl ǰis sé čakňa dos sé pysťo.
- He is the chairman of the country.
- Íl ǰis sé čakňa dos sé pysťo.