ᠠᠪᡴᠠ

Etymology

Inherited from Jurchen *abxa (Jurchen script: ).

Pronunciation

• (standard pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ap.qʰa]
• (Alcuka dialect) IPA^(key): [au.χa]
• (Sibe vernacular) IPA^(key): [av.qʰa]
• (Peking dialect) IPA^(key): [ap.qʰa], [aw.qʰa], [aw.χa]
• (Ningguta dialect) IPA^(key): [ap.qʰa], [ap.χa]

Noun

ᠠᠪᡴᠠ (abka)

1. sky, heaven
   • 御製增訂清文鑑

     ᡠᠮᡝᠰᡳ
     ᡩᡝᠨ
     ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ
     ᠵᠠᡴᠠ
     ᠪᡝ
     ᡝᠯᠪᡝᡥᡝᠩᡤᡝ
     ᠪᡝ᠈
     ᠠᠪᡴᠠ
     ᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ᠉

     umesi den tumen jaka be elbehengge be, abka sembi.

     Something that is very high and covering everything that exists, is called sky.

2. Heaven (Divine Being, Supreme Being).
   • 滿洲實錄第一卷

     ᠰᡳᠮᠪᡝ
     ᠠᠪᡴᠠ
     ᡶᠠᠴᡠᡥᡡᠨ
     ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ
     ᠪᡝ
     ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠮᡝ
     ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᡴᡳᠨᡳ
     ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
     ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᠪᡠᡥᠠᠪᡳ᠉

     simbe abka facuhūn gurun be dasame banjikini seme banjibuhabi.

     You are created by God to rule over those nations that are in a chaos.