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===Etymology=== | ===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=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
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# chairman, chairwoman, chairperson | # chairman, chairwoman, chairperson | ||
#:''Íl ǰis sé čakňa | #:''Íl ǰis sé '''čakňa''' pysťo-ins.'' | ||
#:: ''He is the chairman of the country.'' | #:: ''He is the chairman of the country.'' | ||