nỏjåmăńo (45_Idioms & Fixed Expressions)
nỏjåmăńo
nỏjåmăńo
Pronunciation
IPA: /nou̯jau̯maɪɲo/
Pitch Accent
- Morae: nỏ · jå · mă · ńo
- Pattern:
H · L · L · L - Class:
lexical
Lexical Classification
Category: Idiom Register: Religious, Philosophical (Dă Chỏ)
Semantic Field
Meaning & Nuance
The person saying this is preaching the spiritual or practical truth that it is unwise to put all of one’s resolve toward a single object of desire (“it”). Whether that object is a lover, a career, or a specific goal, the idiom warns that total fixation leads to imbalance.
Cultural Context
This phrase serves as the central motif of a primary religious prayer dedicated to the deity dă chỏ, emphasizing the necessity of fluidity and the danger of absolute attachment to finite things.
Example sentence
Example 1
- Asaxi: nỏjåmăńo tte onă ijù shá shánă.
- English: The creatures that say “it is unwise to put all of one’s resolve toward a single object of desire” are wise.
- Polish: x
Etymology
| Component | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nỏ | not, don’t |
| jå | want, desire |
| mă | every, all |
| ni | toward, to |
| jo | it (inanimate) |
Note: The final syllable -ńo is a euphonic contraction of the relational particle ni and the inanimate pronoun jo.
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