онако

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onako.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔnɑkɔ//ˈɔnakɔ//ˈɔnakɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔnɑkɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔnakɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔnakɔ/

Adverb

онако (onako)

  1. in that way
    • 1110s, Laurentian Codex:
      не разумѣемъ ни гречьску ꙗзыку. ни латыньску ѡни бо ны ѡнако учат(ь). а ѡни бо ны и ѡнако.
      ne razumějemŭ ni grečĭsku jazyku. ni latynĭsku oni bo ny onako učat(ĭ). a oni bo ny i onako.
      We don't know Greek tongue nor Latin. Some teach us this way, and others teach us that way.

Descendants

  • Belarusian: о́накi (ónaki) (dialectal)
  • Russian: во́нака (vónaka) (dialectal)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onako.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /onǎkoː/
  • Hyphenation: о‧на‧ко

Adverb

она̀ко̄ (Latin spelling onàkō)

  1. in that way, like that